The Devil's Elixirs
5.2
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.
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Cast
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Benjamin Besson
Franziskus
Also in
Eolomea
Es ist eine alte Geschichte...
Jaroslava Schallerová
Aurelie
Known for
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
The Little Mermaid
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Brigitte Kirsten
Claus Neumann
Andrzej Kopiczyński
Viktorin
Known for
The Quack
With Fire and Sword
Ralf Kirsten
André Asriel
Milena Dvorská
Euphemie
Known for
The Little Mermaid
My Sweet Little Village
Konrad Walle
Maja Komorowska
Abbess
Known for
Decalogue I
Katyn
Klaus Selignow
Ralf Kirsten Director · Brigitte Kirsten Writer Erich Sojka Writer
First release February 18, 1973 · Produced in XC, XG · Production Filmové studio Barrandov, Barrandov Studios
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
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DEFA
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XC · XG
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Original title
Die Elixiere des Teufels
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 1973
Premiere · Leipzig, Capitol, East Germany
Germany · March 9, 1973
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
April 6, 1973
Germany
December 18, 1974 · TV · DFF 2
June 27, 1978 · TV · NDR
Hungary
February 28, 1974
Slovakia
April 6, 1973
XC
April 6, 1973 · Theatrical
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