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The Devil's Elixirs

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Young seminary student Franziskus 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, 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 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.

Directed byRalf Kirsten

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 46m
Language
DE
Released
March 9, 1973
Studios
DEFA-Studio für SpielfilmeFilmové studio Barrandov

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

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

Jürgen Kluckert

Jürgen Kluckert

Creative team
Directed by
Ralf Kirsten
Ralf Kirsten
Written by
Erich Sojka
Brigitte Kirsten

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