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The Devils of Loudun
Overview
This 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.
Director and cast
- 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
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