The Devils of Loudun
Release Date: 1969-07-02
Rating : 8/10
Duration : 107 minutes
Genres : Music, History, Drama
Director : Rolf Liebermann
Writer : Krzysztof Penderecki, Aldous Huxley
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.
Cast
Cvetka Ahlin
Heinz Blankenburg
Ursula Boese
Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt
Joachim Hess
Andrzej Hiolski