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Mother Joan of the Angels

Original title: Matka Joanna od Aniolów

“Maybe the trouble is not demons, but the absence of angels.”

1961 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
DramaHorrorMystery

Cast

Lucyna Winnicka Mieczyslaw Voit Anna Ciepielewska Maria Chwalibóg Kazimierz Fabisiak Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz

Plot

In a 17th-century Polish convent, a priest sent to exorcise the demons that possess the mother superior is drawn into a struggle between faith and desire, in a stark black-and-white film.

Sinekatalog’s take

A stark, striking and austere classic of Polish cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (4,933 votes)
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