The Prince Charles Cinema

The Devil (1972)

  • 1972
  • 124mins
  • Poland
  • (15)
  • Horror
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski Starring Leszek Teleszynski, Malgorzata Braunek, Wojciech Pszoniak

Featuring Intro by Robert Eggers (Director of The Witch, The Lighthouse and Nosferatu)

During the Prussian invasion of Poland in 1793, a Polish nobleman is saved from imprisonment by a stranger who wants a list of conspirators as repayment. He travels across the country with his rescuer and commits a number of gory murders.

BLEAK WEEK : CINEMA OF DESPAIR is co-presented by the American Cinematheque.

Saturday 21st June