The Devil's Elixirs

The Devil's Elixirs (1973)

Released: 1973-03-09 Duration: 1hr 46min
Genres: Drama History
Rating 5.0

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).

Production Companies

DEFA
DEFA
Filmové studio Barrandov
Filmové studio Barrandov

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language de
Popularity 1.511

Directed By

Ralf Kirsten

Crew

Director
Ralf Kirsten
Costume Design
Inge Kistner
Set Decoration
Jiří Rulík
Writer
Erich Sojka
Unit Production Manager
Jiří Ulrich
Set Decoration
Klaus Selignow
First Assistant Director
Miroslav Kubišta
Assistant Production Manager
Jiřina Vaňková
Clapper Loader
Zuzana Folkertová
Makeup & Hair
Frank Zucholowsky
Unit Production Manager
Karl-Heinz Marzahn
Makeup & Hair
Ursula Funk
Dramaturgy
Gudrun Deubener
Assistant Camera
Frank Bredow
Makeup & Hair
Brigitte Welzel
Set Decoration
Miloš Osvald
Makeup & Hair
Jiří Šimon
Makeup & Hair
Waldemar Pokrywka
First Assistant Director
Doris Borkmann
Production Design
Dieter Adam
Unit Production Manager
Walter Hunger
Unit Production Manager
Renée Lavecká
Choreographer
Harald Engelmann
Director of Photography
Claus Neumann
Production Manager
Manfred Renger
Production Manager
Jaroslav Řeřicha
Original Music Composer
André Asriel

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