Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)

Original Title: ’Matka Joanna od Aniołów’. Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. A Polish film loosely based on the 1634 Loudun possessions in France. A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior, who is supposedly possessed by eight demons. Starring Lucyna Winnicka as Mother Joan of the Angels, Mieczysław Voit as Father Józef Suryn/Rabbi, Anna Ciepielewska as Sister Małgorzata, Maria Chwalibóg as Antosia, Kazimierz Fabisiak as Father Brym.
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