The Devils of Loudun
Rolf Liebermann
1969 • 1h 47m
This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in the convent of Loudun in 1634. The story concentrates on the handsome but doomed Urbain Grandier who fight...
Cast
Cvetka AhlinClaire - Ursuline Sister
Heinz BlankenburgMannoury - a surgeon
Ursula BoeseLouise - Ursuline sister
Franz-Rudolf EckhardtClerk of the Count
Joachim Hessd'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun
Andrzej HiolskiGrandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church
Ingeborg KrugerPhilippe - a young girl
Rolf Mamerode Cerisay - town judge
Kurt MarschnerAdam - a chemist
Helmut Melchertde Laubardemont - the King's special commissioner
Carl SchulzBontemps - a gaoler
Elisabeth SteinerNinon - a young widow
Helga ThiemeGabrielle - Ursuline sister
