---
title: 'The Devils (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ken Russell'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-devils-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066993/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Devils (1971)

1971 · 111 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Devils is a 1971 British historical psychological horror-drama film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell, and starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed. A dramatised historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the possessions in Loudun, France, the plot also focuses on Sister Jeanne des Anges, a sexually repressed nun who incites the accusations.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ken Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-russell)
- **Screenplay:** [Ken Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-russell)
- **Producer:** [Ken Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-russell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peter Maxwell Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-maxwell-davies)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-watkin)

## Cast

- [Andrew Faulds](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-faulds) as Rangier
- [Max Adrian](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-adrian) as Ibert
- [John Woodvine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-woodvine) as Louis Trincant
- [Kenneth Colley](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-colley) as Legrand
- [Gemma Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/gemma-jones) as Madeleine de Brou
- [Georgina Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgina-hale) as Philippe Trincant
- [Brian Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-murphy) as Adam
- [Graham Armitage](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-armitage) as Louis XIII of France
- [Vanessa Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-redgrave) as Jeanne de Belcier
- [Catherine Willmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-willmer) as Sister Catherine
- [Oliver Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-reed) as Urbain Grandier
- [Dudley Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-sutton) as the Baron de Laubardemont
- [Judith Paris](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-paris) as Sister Agnes
- [Michael Gothard](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gothard) as Father Pierre Barre
- [Christopher Logue](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-logue) as Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

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