The Devils

Few films have such a complex history of censorship as Ken Russell's opulent, disturbing and trippy masterpiece THE DEVILS. Anyone who thinks Friedkin's THE EXORCIST was the biggest pop-cultural provocation for the church and conservatives in the 70s has not yet seen this visually stunning mash-up of Jesus story, historical witch film and social horror. In the German dubbed version of 35mm!
A power struggle in the French town of Loudon. On one side Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu (Christopher Logue), on the other Grandier (Oliver Reed), a popular priest and ruler of the town who is coveted by many women and who, to make matters worse, is plagued by the "Black Death". So what can be done to get rid of the liberal womaniser, who is also being targeted by the town's famous nun Jeanne des Anges (Vanessa Redgrave)? Well, the Inquisition and its friends have their methods...