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The Devil's Elixirs (1973)

Directed by Ralf Kirsten
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1h 46min

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5.0/10

Plot

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.

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DramaHistory

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleDie Elixiere des Teufels
Original languageDeutsch (DE)
Spoken languagesDeutsch
Production countriesCzechoslovakia, East Germany
StatusReleased
Production companiesDEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Filmové studio Barrandov
Release date9 marzo 1973
WriterErich Sojka, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Brigitte Kirsten
EditingBärbel Bauersfeld
CinematographyClaus Neumann, Frank Bredow, Zuzana Folkertová
Assistant directorsDoris Borkmann, Miroslav Kubišta, Ralf Kirsten
Camera operatorsFrank Bredow, Zuzana Folkertová, Claus Neumann
Additional photographyFrank Bredow, Zuzana Folkertová, Claus Neumann
Production designDieter Adam, Klaus Selignow, Miloš Osvald, Jiří Rulík
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Release dates

Premiere

Germany / Feb 18, 1973 / Leipzig, Capitol, East Germany

Theatrical release

Germany / Mar 09, 1973 / East Germany

XC / Apr 06, 1973

TV

Germany / Dec 18, 1974 / DFF 2

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