FREETHE DEVILS OF LOUDUN EBOOK Aldous Huxley | 340 pages | 01 Aug 2009 | HarperCollins Publishers Inc | 9780061724916 | English | United States The Devils of Loudun: Introduction Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October. See the list. Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of seventeenth-century France, but need to destroy Father Grandier - the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from exerting total control. So they seek to destroy him by setting him up as a warlock in control of a devil-possessed nunnery, the mother superior of which is sexually obsessed by him. A mad witch-hunter is brought in to gather evidence against the priest, ready for the big trial. Written by Films Ranked. I can never understand why "The Devils", which was such a major film and caused such controversy, never became a cult classic being shown every other week on cable TV. This film totally annihilates all the trashy "straight-to-video" horror films. Based on true events in 17th century France, this film is one of the most horrifying tales of man's intolerance: religious and sexual. The tale begins with an outbreak of the plague, which the folk of the middle ages, with typical misunderstanding of the The Devils of Loudun cause, rat fleas, believed The Devils of Loudun someone was to blame. Who more convenient a scapegoat than Father Grandier, played by the notorious Oliver Reed an actor who ended his rambunctious life by dropping dead in a bar. The sexual appeal of Fr. Grandier drives the supposedly celibate clergy into a frenzy of jealousy. A group of nuns, led by a noblewoman who has been forced into the convent due The Devils of Loudun her physical deformity and therefore, lack of marriageable options, joins in the The Devils of Loudun which is The Devils of Loudun satisfied until Fr. Grandier is burned at the stake. Although set in France in the middle ages, a lot of the hysteria can be seen today, in our more enlightened times. Just witness the periodic witch hunts in the United States, such as the furore over the alleged Satanic cults running day care centers, not to mention the reds under the beds hysteria of the 50's. Although Russell was the hottest thing in cinema for a while, he faded like a discarded fashion as every wannabe copied his style, but without being able to understand what The Devils of Loudun was that set Ken Russell apart. Unfortunately Russell did not help his reputation by becoming more and more the icon of bad taste. Eventually he became a parody and the fickle who had formally worshipped his genius could not disassociate themselves quickly enough. Like Orson Welles, Ken Russell's brilliance will not be realized until a new generation discovers his work. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. 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. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. The Best Horror Movies on Netflix. Waiting to watch. Halloween Share this Rating Title: The Devils 7. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Vanessa Redgrave Sister Jeanne Oliver Reed Urbain Grandier Dudley Sutton Baron De Laubardemont Max Adrian Ibert Gemma Jones Madeleine Murray The Devils of Loudun Mignon Michael Gothard Father Barre Georgina Hale Philippe Brian Murphy Adam Christopher Logue Cardinal Richelieu Graham Armitage Trincant Andrew Faulds Rangier Kenneth Colley Legrand Judith Paris Edit Storyline Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of seventeenth-century France, but need to destroy Father Grandier - the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from exerting total control. Taglines: Hell holds no surprises for them. Edit Did The Devils of Loudun Know? Russell's guidance to Jarman was that it should echo the 'rape in a public toilet' line from the Huxley novel that inspired the film. Goofs Judith Paris 's character is referred to as Sister Agnes in the film but listed as Sister Judith in the credits. Warners refused to allow the director's cut at all and would only allow the BFI to release the original 'X' certificate version on DVD. Warners refused permission to allow a hi rez release. The Channel 4 documentary 'Hell on Earth' was included but the 'Rape of Christ' sequence was removed. Before this in the USA the 'unrated' The Devils of Loudun appeared as The Devils of Loudun upcoming release complete with sleeve art. Played as the king's dance in the opening. User Reviews A brilliant, disturbing film 30 November by eunice-4 — See all my reviews. Was this review The Devils of Loudun to you? Yes No Report this. Add the first question. Edit Details Country: UK. Language: English Latin. Runtime: min min restored. Sound Mix: Mono. Color: Color Technicolor. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Back to School Picks. The Devils of Loudun your history. Sister Jeanne. Urbain Grandier. Baron De Laubardemont. Father Barre. Cardinal Richelieu. Sister Judith. The Devils of Loudun - Wikipedia Die Teufel von Loudun The Devils of Loudun is an opera in three acts written in and by Polish composer Krzysztof Pendereckiand then revised in and It has a German libretto by the composer, based on John Whiting 's dramatization of Aldous Huxley 's book of the same name. The work was commissioned by the Hamburg State Operawhich consequently gave the premiere on 20 June Only 48 hours afterwards, the opera received its second performance in Stuttgartfollowed two months later by its American debut mounted by the Santa Fe Opera. Performances of The Devils of Loudun now generally follow this edition. The Devils of Loudunthe first and most popular of Penderecki's operas, is emblematic of the composer's interest in historical events of traumatic nature. However, rather than a narrative of these historical events, the opera underscores a more general dichotomy between central and local power, [5] and thus provides a political commentary, denouncing the iniquities committed by the totalitarian states of the midth century. The opera received mixed reviews The Devils of Loudun written around the same time and within a decade of the work's completion in European countries and the US. Even in the same city, there were different reactions to the work. The world premiere, which was given at the Hamburg State Opera The Devils of Loudun 20 Junereceived mixed reviews. However, the general consensus among critics was that the work was not a huge success. A critic, who saw the world premiere performance of the work in Hamburg, wrote that the various sounds effects i. The next performance, which was given only two days after its Hamburg world premiere, was held in Stuttgart, The Devils of Loudun. Critics agreed almost unanimously that the Stuttgart production of the The Devils of Loudun was far superior to the Hamburg production. A critic, who said the presentation was marked by sensation and grandiosity, commented that the music was indescribably boring. For example, a slightly revised version of The Devils of Loudun was performed in West Berlin in A critic admits that the The Devils of Loudun was convincingly performed but thought the compositional originality was completely lacking. In Austriacritics and audience reacted lukewarmly to the premiere of the work in Some thought the music was tedious and lacked the good measure of the sensational, on which the success of Penderecki's opera depends. Another critic in Graz said that the opera only conveys the story line and does not create much dramatic impact until it becomes musically more interesting in the final act. Even The Devils of Loudun composer himself did not think the work was performed successfully. In Mayalmost thirty years after the The Devils of Loudun premiere of the opera, a critic commented that the work was artistically successful, [19] but musically was less successful. The French premiere of the opera in was rather disastrous; the performance was greeted The Devils of Loudun orange peels, turnips, leeks, cat- calls, and foot-stamping. The British premiere ingiven by the Sadler's Wells Company, was not a great success either; the British critics were mostly unimpressed with the performance. The staging by John Dexter and the performers were praised, but the music was criticized for lack of drama and the libretto for its failure to arouse pity in the audience. The Devils of Loudun was performed in other European countries, where the reviews were mixed again. The Devils of Loudun Italian premiere given in Trieste in was praised. The U. A critic, who attended the performance, praised its staging but thought its music failed to support the issues or events occurring on stage. Especially, the staging in the U. The opera was recorded in The recording of The Devils of Loudun received mixed reviews as well. One critic wrote that "the music is always striking, its style eclectic, and its images mesmerizing.