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The Devils is a British film of genre Drama directed by Ken Russell released in USA on 16 july 1971 with Oliver Reed
The Devils (1971)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 16 july 1971
Length 1h57
Directed by Ken Russell
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Films about capital punishment, Nonnesploitation, Films based on plays, Histoire de France
Rating77%
The Devils is a 1971 British historical drama horror film directed by Ken Russell and starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave. Russell's screenplay is based partly on the 1952 book The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley, and partly on the 1960 play The Devils by John Whiting, also based on Huxley's book. The film is a dramatised historical account of the rise and fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest executed for witchcraft following the supposed possessions in Loudun, France. Reed plays Grandier in the film and Vanessa Redgrave plays a hunchbacked sexually repressed nun who finds herself inadvertently responsible for the accusations.
The film faced harsh reaction from national film rating systems due to its disturbingly violent, sexual, and religious content, and originally received an X rating in both Britain and the United States. It was banned in several countries, and eventually heavily edited for release in others. The film has never received a release in its original, uncut form in various countries, and is largely unavailable in the home video market.
The film's extraordinary sets in which Loudon was depicted as a modernistic white-tiled city were devised by Derek Jarman.
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Note: This plot is for the unedited version of the film. Some scenes described below are omitted from other versions.Actors
Oliver Reed
(Father Urbain Grandier)
Vanessa Redgrave
(Sister Jeanne des Anges)
Gemma Jones
(Madeleine de Brou)
Dudley Sutton
(Baron de Laubardemont)
Michael Gothard
(Father Pierre Barre)
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