Product DescriptionMOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS is a neglected masterpiece of the Polish cinema. Based on the same historical events that inspired Aldous Huxley's novel THE DEVILS OF LOUDON and Ken Russell's film THE DEVILS, MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS is a disturbing exploration of faith, repression, fanaticism, and desire by acclaimed Polish director Jerzy Kawalerowicz (AUSTERIA, QUO VADIS?). In a remote convent on the barren plains of 17th-century Poland, a young priest arrives to exorcize the demons from a group of possessed Ursuline nuns. When he meets the beautiful head of the convent, her blasphemies against the church both repel and excite him, with tragic consequences. Veteran director Kawalerowicz was a colleague of Andrezj Wajda and the longtime head of Poland's prestigious Kadr film studio. - Actors: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska, Maria Chwalibóg, Kazimierz Fabisiak
- Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): Polish
- Language (Subtitled): English
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2006-04-25
- Running Time: 108 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 1961
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