Young seminary student Franziskus (Benjamin Besson) 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 (Jaroslava Schallerová), 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 (Andrzej Kopiczynski) 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 (Milena Dvorská).
Credits
The Devil's Elixirs Cast
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Character |
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Jaroslava Schallerová
She was 16, now 68 years old
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as Aurelie |
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Milena Dvorská
She was 34, 71 years old when she died
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as Euphemie |
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Peter Dommisch
He was 38, 56 years old when he died
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Andrzej Kopiczyński
He was 38, 82 years old when he died
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as Viktorin |
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Angela Brunner
She was 42, 80 years old when she died
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Radovan Lukavský
He was 53, 88 years old when he died
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Maja Komorowska
She was 35, now 86 years old
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as Abbess |
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Norbert Christian
He was 47, 51 years old when he died
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Krzysztof Chamiec
He was 43, 71 years old when he died
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Petr Skarke
He was 29, 56 years old when he died
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Edmund Fetting
He was 45, 73 years old when he died
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Benjamin Besson
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as Franziskus |
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Gerhard Bienert
He was 75, 88 years old when he died
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The Devil's Elixirs Crew
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Department |
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Claus Neumann as Cinematography. He was 34 (78) years old when He died
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Crew |
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Ralf Kirsten as Director. He was 42 (67) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Ralf Kirsten as Writer. He was 42 (67) years old when He died
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Writing |
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André Asriel as Music. |
Sound |
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E.T.A. Hoffmann as Novel. He was 197 (46) years old when He died
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Writing |
