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The Devils of Loudun

"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."

Cast

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Cvetka Ahlin

as Claire - Ursuline Sister

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Heinz Blankenburg

as Mannoury - a surgeon

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Ursula Boese

as Louise - Ursuline sister

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Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt

as Clerk of the Count

1316312

Joachim Hess

as d'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun

2023984

Andrzej Hiolski

as Grandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church

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Ingeborg Kruger

as Philippe - a young girl

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Bernard Ładysz

as Father Barré - the vicar of Chinon

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Rolf Mamero

as de Cerisay - town judge

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Kurt Marschner

as Adam - a chemist

1549135

Helmut Melchert

as de Laubardemont - the King's special commissioner

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Carl Schulz

as Bontemps - a gaoler

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Hans Sotin

as Father Rangier

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Elisabeth Steiner

as Ninon - a young widow

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Helga Thieme

as Gabrielle - Ursuline sister

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Tatiana Troyanos

as Jeanne - the prioress of St. Ursula's Convent

2023989

Arnold Van Mill

as Asmodeus

2023990

Ernst Wiemann

as Father Ambrose - an old priest

2023991

Horst Wilhelm

as Father Mignon - the Ursulines' father confessor

1310973

William Workman

as Prince Henri de Conde - the King's special ambassador

Crew

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Rolf Liebermann

Director

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Krzysztof Penderecki

Writer

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Krzysztof Penderecki

Music

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Aldous Huxley

Writer