Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) Online
Set in the 17th century. A convent in a small town is being visited by high-ranking Catholic official trying to exorcise the nun supposedly posessed by demons. A local priest have been burnt for creating this condition by sexual temptation of the nuns, especially the Mother superior who bring on the collective hysteria of the group. There is another young priest who is to help with the exorcism. His first meeting with the convent head, Mother Joanne of the Angels, has her seemingly posessed by Satan - she yells blasphemies and incites the priest. She begs the priest to save her and to help her to be a saint.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Lucyna Winnicka | - | Mother Joan of the Angels | |
Mieczyslaw Voit | - | Father Jozef Suryn / Rabbi | |
Anna Ciepielewska | - | Sister Malgorzata / Margareth | |
Maria Chwalibóg | - | Antosia / Girl at the Inn | |
Kazimierz Fabisiak | - | Father Brym | |
Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz | - | Chrzaszczewski / Squire | |
Zygmunt Zintel | - | Wincenty Wolodkowicz / Innkeeper | |
Jerzy Kaczmarek | - | Kaziuk | |
Franciszek Pieczka | - | Odryn | |
Jaroslaw Kuszewski | - | Juraj | |
Lech Wojciechowski | - | Piatkowski | |
Marian Nosek | - | Dominican Priest | |
Jerzy Walden | - | Dominican Priest | |
Marian Nowak | |||
Zygmunt Malawski | - | Exorcist |
Based on the same 17th century historical incident that was also the basis for Ken Russell's "The Devils".
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