The Devil's Elixirs (1973)

ALL 03/09/1973 (de) Drama, History 106 Min
  • Release
    03/09/1973
  • Production
    DEFA, Filmové studio Barrandov
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    Die Elixiere des Teufels
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Young seminary student Franziskus (Benjamin Besson) 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 (Jaroslava Schallerová), 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 (Andrzej Kopiczynski) 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 (Milena Dvorská).

  1. Ralf Kirsten

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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The Devil's Elixirs (1973) 106 Min

ALL 03/09/1973 (de)
Drama, History
  • Release 03/09/1973
  • Production
    DEFA, Filmové studio Barrandov
  • Original title Die Elixiere des Teufels
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Young seminary student Franziskus (Benjamin Besson) 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 (Jaroslava Schallerová), 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 (Andrzej Kopiczynski) 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 (Milena Dvorská).

  1. Ralf Kirsten

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Bärbel Bauersfeld

    Editor

  4. Producer