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Mother Joan of the Angels is a polonais film of genre Drama directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz released in USA on 7 may 1962 with Lucyna Winnicka
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Matka Joanna od aniolów
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Add to a movie listMother Joan of the Angels (Polish: Matka Joanna od Aniołów, also known as The Devil and the Nun) is a 1961 drama film on demonic possession, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, based on a novella of the same title by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
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Set in a seventeenth century Polish convent, a priest, Father Suryn (Mieczyslaw Voit), arrives at a small inn for a night's rest. He has been sent to investigate a case of demonic possession at a nearby convent after a local priest was burnt for sexually tempting the nuns. The next day, he sets out for the convent, where he meets its abbess, Mother Joan (Lucyna Winnicka), said to be the most possessed of all the nuns. Father Suryn will have to go to hell and back to save Joan, casting himself forever into darkness for her salvation.Actors
Lucyna Winnicka
(Mother Joan of the Angels)
Maria Chwalibóg
(Antosia)
Stanisław Jasiukiewicz
(Chrząszczewski)
Franciszek Pieczka
(Odryn)
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