Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
In 1634 France, charismatic Father Urbain Grandier becomes the target of a sexually obsessed nun’s witchcraft accusations, which corrupt church and state officials are all too happy to exploit.
- based on novel or book
- nun
- chaos
- inquisition
- exploitation
- satire
- surrealism
- biography
- based on true story
- based on play or musical
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Vanessa Redgrave
Sister Jeanne des Anges
Oliver Reed
Father Urbain Grandier
Dudley Sutton
Baron de Laubardemont
Max Adrian
Ibert
- Gemma Jones — Madeleine de Brou
- Murray Melvin — Father-Canon Jean Mignon
- Michael Gothard — Father Pierre Barre
- Georgina Hale — Philippe Trincant
- Brian Murphy — Adam
- Christopher Logue — Cardinal Richelieu
- Graham Armitage — King Louis XIII
- John Woodvine — Louis Trincant
- Andrew Faulds — Rangier
- Kenneth Colley — Legrand
- Judith Paris — Sister Agnes (miscredited as Sister Judith)
- Directed
- Ken Russell
- Written
- Ken Russell
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 444 ratings
- Studio
- Russo Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
