The Devil's Elixirs

The Devil's Elixirs (1973)

Directed by Ralf Kirsten

1h 46m

Drama

| History

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).

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

Crew

Ralf Kirsten

Ralf Kirsten

Director

Miroslav Kubišta

Miroslav Kubišta

First Assistant Director

Doris Borkmann

Doris Borkmann

First Assistant Director

Erich Sojka

Erich Sojka

Writer

Gudrun Deubener

Gudrun Deubener

Dramaturgy

Frank Bredow

Frank Bredow

Assistant Camera

Dieter Adam

Dieter Adam

Production Design

Jiří Rulík

Jiří Rulík

Set Decoration

Klaus Selignow

Klaus Selignow

Set Decoration

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