The Devils

7.5

United Kingdom

Drama History

114 min

1971

John Woodvine Justin de Villeneuve Twiggy Tina Simmons Pat Ashton Niké Arrighi Catherine Willmer Judith Paris Kenneth Colley Andrew Faulds Vanessa Redgrave Brian Murphy Georgina Hale Michael Gothard Murray Melvin Gemma Jones Max Adrian Dudley Sutton Oliver Reed

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by the sexually repressed Sister Jeanne.