The Devils of Loudun

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The Devils of Loudun

Amazon Video
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8.0(1 votes)
1969
1h 47m
MusicHistoryDrama
opera

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.

Cast

Cvetka Ahlin

Claire - Ursuline Sister

Heinz Blankenburg

Mannoury - a surgeon

Ursula Boese

Louise - Ursuline sister

Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt

Clerk of the Count

Joachim Hess

d'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun

Andrzej Hiolski

Grandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church

Ingeborg Kruger

Philippe - a young girl

Bernard Ładysz

Bernard Ładysz

Father Barré - the vicar of Chinon

Rolf Mamero

de Cerisay - town judge

Kurt Marschner

Adam - a chemist

Directed by

Rolf Liebermann

Rolf Liebermann

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