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The Devil's Elixirs

The Devil's Elixirs

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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).

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

106 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

09 March 1973

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Benjamin Besson

Benjamin Besson

Franziskus

Jaroslava Schallerová

Jaroslava Schallerová

Aurelie

Andrzej Kopiczyński

Andrzej Kopiczyński

Viktorin

Milena Dvorská

Milena Dvorská

Euphemie

Maja Komorowska

Maja Komorowska

Abbess

Fred Düren

Fred Düren

Krzysztof Chamiec

Krzysztof Chamiec

Norbert Christian

Norbert Christian

Radovan Lukavský

Radovan Lukavský

Jürgen Kluckert

Jürgen Kluckert

Edmund Fetting

Edmund Fetting

Gerhard Bienert

Gerhard Bienert

Peter Dommisch

Peter Dommisch

Angela Brunner

Angela Brunner

Zdena Burdová

Zdena Burdová

Monika Pietsch

Monika Pietsch

Klaus-Peter Pleßow

Klaus-Peter Pleßow

Annette Roth

Annette Roth

Klaus-Rudolf Weber

Klaus-Rudolf Weber

Petr Skarke

Petr Skarke

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