The Devil's Elixirs

The Devil's Elixirs (1973) is a drama, history film directed by Ralf Kirsten rated 5.3/10.

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.

Cast

Benjamin Besson

Franziskus

Jaroslava Schallerová

Aurelie

Andrzej Kopiczyński

Viktorin

Milena Dvorská

Euphemie

Maja Komorowska

Abbess

Fred Düren

Krzysztof Chamiec

Norbert Christian

Radovan Lukavský

Jürgen Kluckert

Edmund Fetting

Gerhard Bienert