Information
- BFI identifier27776
- Date1971 (Copyright)
1972-06-30 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisSet in 17th century France when Richelieu has ordered all self-government of towns to end, the ruler priest of Loudun, Urbane Grandier, is tortured and burnt at the stake for treason and witchcraft, based on the evidence of Sister Jeanne, head of an Ursuline convent, who is sexually obsessed by the priest. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- Subject
- Credits
- CastVanessa Redgrave (Sister Jeanne)
Oliver Reed (Father Urbain Grandier)
Dudley Sutton (Baron de Laubardemont)
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Title
The Devils (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/674A-55C9-620E-B9BA-0467-YCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Master
Digital Betacam - Video - Status pending
VHS cassette - Video - Removed
Digital Betacam - Video - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Screenplay - SCR-2597
Script - Original story: Play, "The Devils", by John Whiting; book, "The Devils of Loudun" by Aldous Huxley - SCR-6775
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-27776
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-27776
Medium and small pressbooks held. See ANN SKINNER collection.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: costume - Riding outfit for Oliver Reed in dream sequence - PD-19690
Design: costume - Grey hooded cloak rather diaphanous for Gemma Jones - PD-19691
Design: costume - dress for Georgina Hale with high lace collar - PD-19692
Design: costume - possible Riding outfit for Oliver Reed in dream sequence - PD-19693
Design: costume - Single sheet portrait - PD-20097
view all - StillsPhotograph: digital - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00o-bah
Photograph: digital - Landscape - bfi-00o-bag
Photograph: digital - Landscape - bfi-00o-baf
Photograph: digital - Landscape - bfi-00o-bae
Photograph: digital - Landscape - bfi-00o-bad
view all - Articles
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank programme notes November 2012
- +The Devils
Work - 27776 - 1971 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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