The Devil's Elixirs

The Devil's Elixirs — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 9, 1973
• Runtime
• 106 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Ralf Kirsten

The Devil's Elixirs — Cast

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Benjamin Besson Franziskus Jaroslava Schallerová Aurelie Andrzej Kopiczyński Viktorin Milena Dvorská Euphemie Maja Komorowska Abbess Fred Düren Krzysztof Chamiec Norbert Christian