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Anchoress
Anchoress

Anchoress

Ecstasy and orthodoxy in the 14th century!

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A 16th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious hermit.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

10 September 1993

Country

Belgium

Cast

Natalie Morse

Natalie Morse

Christine Carpenter

Gene Bervoets

Gene Bervoets

Reeve

Toyah Willcox

Toyah Willcox

Pauline Carpenter

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

William Carpenter

Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston

Priest

Michaël Pas

Michaël Pas

Drover

Julie T. Wallace

Julie T. Wallace

Bertha

Annette Badland

Annette Badland

Mary

Brenda Bertin

Brenda Bertin

Meg Carpenter

Veronica Quilligan

Veronica Quilligan

Daisy

Ann Way

Ann Way

Alice

François Beukelaers

François Beukelaers

Bishop

Jan Decleir

Jan Decleir

Mason

David Boyce

David Boyce

Ragged Martin

Mieke De Groote

Mieke De Groote

Ragged Martin's Wife

Erik Konstantyn

Erik Konstantyn

Carter

Guy Pion

Guy Pion

Innkeeper

Peter Van Asbroeck

Peter Van Asbroeck

Dyer

Grant Oatley

Grant Oatley

Oswald

Tim Barlow

Tim Barlow

Old Pilgrim

Hugo Harold-Harrison

Hugo Harold-Harrison

Priest's Boy

Corinne Camacho

Corinne Camacho

Pilgrim

Alain Van Goethem

Alain Van Goethem

(uncredited)

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