--- title: 'Gates to Paradise (1968)' type: 'film' director: 'Andrzej Wajda' released: '1968-01-01' runtime_minutes: 77 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia' - 'United Kingdom' - 'Poland' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gates-to-paradise-1968' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062461/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Gates to Paradise (1968) 1968 · 77 min · Drama · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, United Kingdom, Poland ## Synopsis Gates to Paradise is a 1968 film by Polish director Andrzej Wajda and starring Lionel Stander, Ferdy Mayne and Mathieu Carrière. The film is set in medieval France and is based on the 1960 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski that seeks to expose the motives behind youthful religious zeal. It was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. ## Credits - **Director:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda) - **Screenplay:** [Jerzy Andrzejewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-andrzejewski) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ward Swingle](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-swingle) - **Producer:** [Sam Waynberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-waynberg) - **Director of Photography:** [Mieczysław Jahoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieczys-aw-jahoda) ## Cast - [Jenny Agutter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-agutter) as Maud de Cloyes - [Mathieu Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathieu-carriere) as Alexis Melissen - [Kynaston Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/kynaston-reeves) as Superior - [John Fordyce](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-fordyce) as Jacques de Cloyes - [Dragomir Felba](https://cinepixo.com/people/dragomir-felba) as Crusader 1 - [Lionel Stander](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-stander) as Monk - [Ferdy Mayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdy-mayne) as Count Ludovic de Vendôme - [Janez Vrhovec](https://cinepixo.com/people/janez-vrhovec) as François ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/gates-to-paradise-1968 Film facts: Wikidata (Q83005); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.