Devils, The

Date: 1971
Director: Ken Russell
Production Company: Russo Productions

Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton
Location(s): Buckinghamshire (Studio), Northumberland

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Storyline:

In 17th-century France, a Father’s protection of a city from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a nun’s accusation of witchcraft.

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Baron de Laubardemont and his Workforce makes his way to the city of Loudun with orders to demolish the fortifications there. Bamburgh Castle seen from Redbarns Links at Bamburgh in Northumberland.

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Inside the city, Father Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed) addresses the Citizens. This is a set built at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire which Wikipedia tells us was the largest set constructed on the backlot since 'Cleopatra' in 1963.

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Father-Canon Jean Mignon (Murray Melvin) bows his head as a procession follows Father Grandier through the fortified city.

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While Father Grandier forces Laubardemont to stop his demolition, the King is shooting at Men dressed as birds. The ornamental bridge at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire.

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Cardinal Richelieu (Christopher Logue) explains to King Louis XIII (Graham Armitage) that the self government of the smaller towns must cease. The bridge can also be seen in 'The Hellfire Club', 'Bugsy Malone', 'From Russia with Love', 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', 'Mary Poppins Returns', 'The Primitives? and ?Please Turn Over? amongst many other productions.