The Devils

Director Ken Russell's astonishing historical drama depicts the events surrounding the "possessed of Loudun," and the political gamesmanship and religious hypocrisy that gripped the residents of the walled convent town in 17th-century France. Oliver Reed stars as Urbain Grandier, the town's priest accused of witchcraft; Vanessa Redgrave is Sister Jeanne des Anges, the nunnery's sexually repressed mother superior; and Christopher Logue is the manipulative Cardinal Richelieu. With Gemma Jones. Uncut UK version; 111 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Region Free