Grandier summons the town's soldiers and forces Laubardemont to back down pending the arrival of an order for the demolition from King Louis. In the process, the information is pared down to just the claim that Grandier has bewitched the convent and has dealt with the Devil.

Two notable scenes were removed in their entirety: One was a two-and-a-half-minute sequence featuring naked nuns sexually defiling a statue of Christ, which includes Father Mignon looking down on the scene and The British theatrical cut, which runs 111 minutes, was given an The extended version of the film (running approximately 117 minutes) with the aforementioned footage restored, was screened for the first time in London on 25 November 2002, along with a making-of documentary titled Note: This plot is adapted from the uncut version of the film. After being given a ridiculous After the execution, Barre leaves Loudun to continue his witch-hunting activities elsewhere in the southwest of France. With the exception of one sequence ("The Rape of Christ”) which was removed in its entirety, all Trevelyan did was to tone down or reduce the scenes as I had cut them.The most significant cuts were made by Warner Bros. studios, prior to submission to the BBFC. Grandier departs Loudun to visit the King. But soon, his wife starts feeling homesick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. Demons (pre-reform Russian: Бѣсы; post-reform Russian: Бесы, tr.

In the meantime, Sister Jeanne is informed by Father Mignon that he is to be their new confessor.

She informs him of Grandier's marriage and affairs, and also inadvertently accuses Grandier of witchcraft and of possessing her, information that Mignon relays to Laubardemont.

He gives her Grandier's charred The color white is used significantly in the film, specifically in the design of the cityscape, which is overtly white and consists of stone structures.Some extraneous elements incorporated into the screenplay were not found in either source, including details about the plague, which were supplied by Russell's brother-in-law, a scholar of French history.United Artists announced the film in August 1969, with Robert Sole to produce under a three picture deal with the studio, and Russell to direct.As Phillipe, the young woman Grandier impregnates, Russell cast television actress The film score was composed for a small ensemble by The score recorded by Davies' regular collaborators the The Fires of London and the Early Music Consort of London gave a performance of a concert suite of the music at the The film was one of the most popular movies in 1972 at the British box office.The explicit sexual and violent content, paired with its commentary on religious institutions, resulted in the film suffering significant Trevelyan's objections to my original cut were that the scenes of torture—such as the skewering of Grandier’s tongue with needles, or the breaking of his knees—simply went on too long.
In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. Laubardemont summons the lunatic inquisitor Father Pierre Barre, a "professional witch-hunter," whose interrogations actually involve depraved acts of "In the midst of the chaos, Grandier and Madeleine return and are immediately arrested. The film grossed approximately $8–9 million in Europe, and an additional $2 million in the United States, making for a worldwide total gross of around $11 million.

Some scenes described below are omitted from other versions.The British theatrical cut of the film runs 111 minutes, while the U.S. theatrical cut ran approximately 108–109 minutes.Paris' role is mislabeled in the credits as "Sister Judith," though her character's actual name is Agnes. To him, these scenes needed only a few frames to tell the audience what was happening; after that, the sounds and their imaginations would fill in the rest. New video The controversial scene from Ken Russell's The Devils.
Sexually repressed nuns let their habits fly. Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. With Grandier away from Loudon, Laubardemont and Mignon decide to find evidence against him. Laubardemont informs Sister Jeanne that Mignon has been put away in an asylum for claiming that Grandier was innocent (the explanation given is that he is demented), and that "with no signed confession to prove otherwise, everyone has the same opinion".