A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 9, 1973
Original Title:
Die Elixiere des Teufels
Genres:
Drama | History
Production Companies:
DEFA
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia | East Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 106
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).
Assistant Camera:
Frank Bredow
Assistant Production Manager:
Jiřina Vaňková
Choreographer:
Harald Engelmann
Clapper Loader:
Zuzana Folkertová
Costume Design:
Inge Kistner
Costumer:
Nita Romanečová
Director:
Ralf Kirsten
Director of Photography:
Claus Neumann
Dramaturgy:
Gudrun Deubener
Editor:
Bärbel Bauersfeld
First Assistant Director:
Doris Borkmann
Miroslav Kubišta
Makeup & Hair:
Waldemar Pokrywka
Frank Zucholowsky
Ursula Funk
Brigitte Welzel
Jiří Šimon
Novel:
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Original Music Composer:
André Asriel
Production Design:
Dieter Adam
Production Manager:
Jaroslav Řeřicha
Manfred Renger
Set Decoration:
Klaus Selignow
Miloš Osvald
Jiří Rulík
Sound:
Georg Gutschmidt
Konrad Walle
Stunts:
Michael Vollandt
Unit Production Manager:
Walter Hunger
Jiří Ulrich
Karl-Heinz Marzahn
Renée Lavecká
Writer:
Erich Sojka
Brigitte Kirsten
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