---
title: 'Stealing Heaven (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clive Donner'
released: '1988-05-20'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/stealing-heaven-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096170/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Stealing Heaven (1988)

1988 · 115 min · History, Romance · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Stealing Heaven is a 1988 film directed by Clive Donner and starring Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson and Denholm Elliott. It is a costume drama based on the French 12th-century medieval romance of Peter Abelard and Héloïse and on a historical novel by Marion Meade. This was Donner's final theatrical film, before his death in 2010.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clive Donner](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-donner)
- **Screenplay:** [Chris Bryant](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-bryant)
- **Producer:** [Susan George](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-george)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mikael Salomon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikael-salomon)

## Cast

- [Patsy Byrne](https://cinepixo.com/people/patsy-byrne) as Agnes
- [Kenneth Cranham](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-cranham) as Suger
- [Rachel Kempson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-kempson) as Prioress
- [Derek de Lint](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-de-lint) as Peter Abelard
- [Timothy Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-watson) as François
- [Denholm Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/denholm-elliott) as Fulbert
- [Drago Mitrović](https://cinepixo.com/people/drago-mitrovic) as Priest
- [Jeremy Hawk](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-hawk) as Ancient Priest
- [Kim Thomson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-thomson) as Héloïse d’Argenteuil
- [Yvonne Bryceland](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-bryceland) as Baroness Lamarck
- [Angela Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-pleasence) as Sister Cecilia
- [Thomas Lockyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-lockyer) as Thomas
- [Cassie Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/cassie-stuart) as Petronilla
- [Victoria Burgoyne](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-burgoyne) as Prostitute
- [Zvonimir Ferenčić](https://cinepixo.com/people/zvonimir-ferencic) as Bishop

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