The Devils of Loudun
Music | History
8.0
Release Date
July 2, 1969
Duration
107 min
Status
Released
Language
de
Overview
This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in the convent of Loudun in 1634. The story concentrates on the handsome but doomed Urbain Grandier who fights against fanaticism and evil.
Casts
Claire - Ursuline Sister
Cvetka Ahlin
Mannoury - a surgeon
Heinz Blankenburg
Louise - Ursuline sister
Ursula Boese
Clerk of the Count
Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt
d'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun
Joachim Hess
Grandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church
Andrzej Hiolski
Philippe - a young girl
Ingeborg Kruger
Father Barré - the vicar of Chinon
Bernard Ładysz
de Cerisay - town judge
Rolf Mamero
Adam - a chemist
Kurt Marschner
de Laubardemont - the King's special commissioner
Helmut Melchert
Bontemps - a gaoler
Carl Schulz
Father Rangier
Hans Sotin
Ninon - a young widow
Elisabeth Steiner
Gabrielle - Ursuline sister
Helga Thieme
Jeanne - the prioress of St. Ursula's Convent
Tatiana Troyanos
Asmodeus
Arnold Van Mill
Father Ambrose - an old priest
Ernst Wiemann
Father Mignon - the Ursulines' father confessor
Horst Wilhelm
Prince Henri de Conde - the King's special ambassador
William Workman
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