The Devil's Elixirs

The Devil's Elixirs

Release date : March 9, 1973
Runtime : 1h 46m
Countries of origin : Czechoslovakia / East Germany /
Original Language : German /
Director : Ralf Kirsten /
Production companies : DEFA / Filmové studio Barrandov /
March 9, 1973 1h 46m Czechoslovakia Drama German More
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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).
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  • title:The Devil's Elixirs
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1973
  • Runtime:1h 46m
  • Genres: Drama · History ·
  • Countries of origin: Czechoslovakia · East Germany ·
  • Original Language: German ·
  • Director: Ralf Kirsten /
  • Writers: Erich Sojka · Brigitte Kirsten · E. T. A. Hoffmann ·
  • Production companies: DEFA · Filmové studio Barrandov ·
  • 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).
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