Music ·History ·Drama · Germany · 1969 · 1h 47m

The Devils of Loudun

Die Teufel von Loudun

Director

Cast

Cvetka Ahlin as Claire - Ursuline Sister Heinz Blankenburg as Mannoury - a surgeon Ursula Boese as Louise - Ursuline sister Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt as Clerk of the Count Joachim Hess as d'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun Andrzej Hiolski as Grandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church

Crew

Krzysztof Penderecki — Writer Aldous Huxley — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

opera

Key Collaborators

Rolf Liebermann Director Krzysztof Penderecki Writer Aldous Huxley Writer

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