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Director: Ken Russell
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Russell's overwrought adaptation of John Whiting's play and Aldous Huxley's book The Devils of Loudun, full of much spiritual and physical writhing, is best approached as a diabolical comedy. No matter how thickly Russell piles on the masturbating nuns, tortured priests and dissolute dauphins, there's no getting round the fact that it's all more redolent of a camp revue than a cathartic vision. Derek Jarman's sets, however, still look terrific.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Ken Russell
Producer: Robert H Solo, Ken Russell
Cast: Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Georgina Hale full cast
Duration: 111 mins
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