Mother Joan of the Angels

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Mother Joan of the Angels

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

1961

1h 46m

7.5(124 votes)

Drama

Horror

Overview

A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior who is supposedly possessed by eight demons.

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Lucyna Winnicka

Mother Joan of the Angels

Mieczysław Voit

Father Józef Suryn / Rabbi

Anna Ciepielewska

Sister Małgorzata

Maria Chwalibóg

Antosia

Kazimierz Fabisiak

Father Brym

Stanisław Jasiukiewicz

Chrząszczewski

Zygmunt Zintel

Wincenty Wołodkowicz

Jerzy Kaczmarek

Kaziuk

Franciszek Pieczka

Odryn

Jarosław Kuszewski

Juraj

Creative team

Directed by: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Written by: Tadeusz Konwicki
Jerzy Kawalerowicz

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