In 17th-century France, the priest Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed) is accused of witchcraft and of bewitching a convent full of nuns. As religious hysteria and political intrigue escalate ever further, his case escalates into a ruthless battle between the individual, the Church and the State. Vanessa Redgrave plays the possessed and frustrated Sister Jeanne, whose obsession helps to fan the flames. <\/p>\n
More than half a century after its original release, Ken Russell\u2019s infamous masterpiece finally returns in the form the director himself had envisaged. In 1971, The Devils was censored, banned and, for many years, shown only in abridged versions. This new 4K restoration, compiled in accordance with Russell\u2019s own instructions, is the first officially released definitive version of the film. <\/p>\n
A frenzied, provocative and visually stunning assault on religious persecution, mass hysteria and institutional power, featuring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave at the height of their powers. The phenomenal sets by the then-young Derek Jarman make Russell\u2019s feverish vision all the more unforgettable. One of the most controversial and visionary British films ever made, finally as it was intended. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40291,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40431","film","type-film","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buda.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film\/40431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buda.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buda.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/film"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buda.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film\/40431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buda.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buda.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buda.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}