
The Devil's Elixirs
Genres
Overview
Young seminary student Franziskus (Benjamin Besson) 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 (Jaroslava Schallerová), 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 (Andrzej Kopiczynski) 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 (Milena Dvorská).
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
106 min
Release Date
1973-03-09
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
5
Benjamin Besson
Franziskus
Jaroslava Schallerová
Aurelie
Andrzej Kopiczyński
Viktorin
Milena Dvorská
Euphemie
Maja Komorowska
Abbess
Fred Düren
Krzysztof Chamiec
Norbert Christian
Radovan Lukavský
Jürgen Kluckert
Edmund Fetting
Gerhard Bienert
Peter Dommisch
Angela Brunner
Zdena Burdová
Monika Pietsch
Klaus-Peter Pleßow
Annette Roth
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