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starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jonesdirected by: Ken Russell
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300268913
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6300268918
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: April 26, 1995
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 4957
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 16, 1971
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Originally rated X, this film combines historical, comedic, and surrealistic elements to tell a tale of politics and witchcraft. In order to take over pre-rennaisance France, Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry followers will have to eliminate Father Grandier. Grandier controls the one town that keeps Richelieu from having total control of the region. The plan is to convince the townspeople that Grandier is a warlock and that all of his nuns are possessed by devils. The accusations are heard at a public trial - whose results may surprise you.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Thought provoking, dizzying, insane film, one of the most unique films by the still controversial Ken Russell...
I rented this film and Truffault's Day for Night one night, and showed them to a love interest of mine at the time. I showed her Day for Night, which she absolutely hated and despised (despite the fact it was a dubbed, pan and scan version, so she couldn't have used the "subtitled/letterbox" excuse many use). She stopped calling me after that. I wished I had shown her The Devils, as it would have warped her fragile, little mind and stayed in her subconscious for the rest of her life. It would ... Read More
Rating: - Another cult movie of Ken Russell that urgently waits for its DVD release!!
"The Devils" still stands out as one of the most outrageous films ever made, keeping into account we are talking about Ken Russell. Based on the extraordinary essay of Aldus Huxley the picture depicts the lives, times and final tragedy of Urbain Grandier and his fervent and irresistible sexual attraction on a convent of nuns. Nowadays it was discovered this mental alienation was consequence of a sexual repression best known as uterine furor, but in those times he was accused and burnt as a devil' ... Read More
Rating: - Historical Correction
Just to be accurate. The official Editorial Reviews on this page refer to the story as PRE-rennaisance. It is in fact POST-rennaisance and Pre-Enlightenment. Think: pilgrams and muskateers on psychedelics!
Rating: - Glad I found the DVD
I was lucky enough to find this masterpiece on DVD uncut. I highly recommend the DVD.
Rating: - The true Devils
I saw this masterpiece when it first came out, 1971. I have not stoped thinking and talking about it since. The devil you think of are not the devils you will see. It will leave a mark on you. This is not a light film. You won't forget it. Expect a wide range of emotional reponses, widest range of any film I have seen with the possible exception being the Kind Of Hearts with Allan Bates.
This film is a realistic rendition of the harsh reality of life for the common people of early ... Read More
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