Movie: The Devil's Elixirs

Top 10 Billed Cast

Benjamin Besson
Benjamin Besson

Franziskus

Jaroslava Schallerová
Jaroslava Schallerová

Aurelie

Andrzej Kopiczyński
Andrzej Kopiczyński

Viktorin

Milena Dvorská
Milena Dvorská

Euphemie

Maja Komorowska
Maja Komorowska

Abbess

Fred Düren
Fred Düren

Krzysztof Chamiec
Krzysztof Chamiec

Norbert Christian
Norbert Christian

Radovan Lukavský
Radovan Lukavský

Jürgen Kluckert
Jürgen Kluckert

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    Young seminary student Franziskus has been ceremonially ordained. He wants to escape the harshness and injustice of the world and devote himself to the service of God in the quiet seclusion of a monastery. He is also hoping to forget the beautiful lady Aurelie, whose life he saved in a flooded brook and with whom he spent an amorous night. He knows that her father would never allow her to marry him. But the devil dressed in a monk's habit and under the name Viktorin intervenes in Franziskus's destiny and attempts to lead him astray. To do so he first uses the diabolical elixirs kept at the monastery as a rare relic. When the young monk gets expelled from the monastery, Viktorin prepares another trap with the help of Aurelie's stepmother Euphemie.

  • Release Date

    1973-03-09

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Deutsch
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