The Devils of Loudun
1969This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in the convent of Loudun in 1634. The story concentrates on the handsome but doomed Urbain Grandier who fights against fanaticism and evil.
Acted in
Cvetka Ahlin
as Claire - Ursuline Sister
Heinz Blankenburg
as Mannoury - a surgeon
Ursula Boese
as Louise - Ursuline sister
Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt
as Clerk of the Count
Joachim Hess
as d'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun
Andrzej Hiolski
as Grandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church
Ingeborg Kruger
as Philippe - a young girl
Bernard Ładysz
as Father Barré - the vicar of Chinon
Rolf Mamero
as de Cerisay - town judge
Kurt Marschner
as Adam - a chemist
Helmut Melchert
as de Laubardemont - the King's special commissioner
Carl Schulz
as Bontemps - a gaoler
Hans Sotin
as Father Rangier
Elisabeth Steiner
as Ninon - a young widow
Helga Thieme
as Gabrielle - Ursuline sister
Tatiana Troyanos
as Jeanne - the prioress of St. Ursula's Convent
Arnold Van Mill
as Asmodeus
Ernst Wiemann
as Father Ambrose - an old priest
Horst Wilhelm
as Father Mignon - the Ursulines' father confessor
William Workman
as Prince Henri de Conde - the King's special ambassador