Germany / Feb 18, 1973 / Leipzig, Capitol, East Germany
The Devil's Elixirs (1973)
Overall average
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.
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Die Elixiere des Teufels |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | Czechoslovakia, East Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Filmové studio Barrandov |
| Release date | 9 marzo 1973 |
| Writer | Erich Sojka, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Brigitte Kirsten |
| Editing | Bärbel Bauersfeld |
| Cinematography | Claus Neumann, Frank Bredow, Zuzana Folkertová |
| Assistant directors | Doris Borkmann, Miroslav Kubišta, Ralf Kirsten |
| Camera operators | Frank Bredow, Zuzana Folkertová, Claus Neumann |
| Additional photography | Frank Bredow, Zuzana Folkertová, Claus Neumann |
| Production design | Dieter Adam, Klaus Selignow, Miloš Osvald, Jiří Rulík |
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| Art direction | Klaus Selignow, Miloš Osvald, Dieter Adam, Jiří Rulík |
| Set decoration | Klaus Selignow, Miloš Osvald, Jiří Rulík, Dieter Adam |
| Stunts | Michael Vollandt |
| Music | André Asriel, Georg Gutschmidt, Konrad Walle |
| Sound | André Asriel, Georg Gutschmidt, Konrad Walle |
| Costume design | Inge Kistner, Nita Romanečová, Waldemar Pokrywka, Frank Zucholowsky, Ursula Funk, Brigitte Welzel, Jiří Šimon |
| Makeup | Nita Romanečová, Waldemar Pokrywka, Inge Kistner, Frank Zucholowsky, Ursula Funk, Brigitte Welzel, Jiří Šimon |
| Hairstyling | Nita Romanečová, Waldemar Pokrywka, Inge Kistner, Frank Zucholowsky, Ursula Funk, Brigitte Welzel, Jiří Šimon |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Germany / Mar 09, 1973 / East Germany
XC / Apr 06, 1973
TV
Germany / Dec 18, 1974 / DFF 2
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