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111 min - Drama | History - 16 July 1971 (USA)

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 a sexually repressed nun.

Director: Ken Russell
Writers: Ken Russell (screenplay), John Whiting (play)
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton
Transcript
00:00Do you remember the first time your thoughts were turned to evil things?
00:10He plies me with caresses, lustful, obscene.
00:20He enters my bed at night and takes from me that which is consecrated to my divine right
00:24God and Jesus Christ.
00:25And what form does this incubus take?
00:26Talk!
00:28Who is responsible for this evil possession?
00:33Grandier!
00:34But of course I can prove nothing.
00:36This Mother Superior may be little more than a hysterical nun.
00:39But if it is a genuine case of possession by devils, and if Grandier himself was proved
00:44to be involved, then yes, I think it bears investigation, gentlemen.
00:48You've been a magician.
00:49If I'd promised with devils, I'd face eternal damnation.
00:54Conjecture is useless.
00:56We need a professional witch hunter.
00:58We must send for Father Barré.
01:02Devil!
01:06Devil!
01:10Devil!
01:15Hell will hold no surprises for you.
01:26His Majesty's triumphed again!
01:56How they pale beside the radiance of His Majesty!
02:03I have been a man.
02:06I have loved women.
02:09I have enjoyed power.
02:26© BF-WATCH TV 2021
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