Where was The Devils filmed?

Name: The Devils
Genre: Biographical, Drama, Satanic
Released: 1977
Cast: Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones, Michael Gothard, Murray Melvin

1977 film, directed by Ken Russell.

Pinewood Studios

The story is set in France, about 334 miles (538 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in: France
Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
Distance: About 334 miles (538 km) between France and the nearest filming location.

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Released: 1977
Director: Ken Russell
Cast: Oliver Reed Vanessa Redgrave Gemma Jones Michael Gothard Murray MelvinChristopher LogueJohn Woodvine Brian MurphyMax AdrianKenneth Colley
Genre: Biographical Drama Satanic
Based on: The Devils of Loudun

In 1634 France, following the Huguenot rebellions, French Catholic statesman Cardinal Richelieu influences King Louis XIII in an attempt to gain further power.

Unbeknownst to Grandier, the neurotic, hunchbacked Sister Jeanne des Anges, the abbess of the local Ursuline convent, is sexually obsessed with him.

Grandier summons the town's soldiers and forces Laubardemont to repeal pending the arrival of a demolition order from King Louis.

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