“Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.”
Young Polish nobleman Jakub is saved from imprisonment by a stranger. In return, the stranger wants to obtain a list of Jakub’s fellow conspirators. As he follows his mysterious savior across the country, Jakub is affected by the overall chaos and moral corruption; he goes insane and becomes a mass murderer.
Wojciech Pszoniak
Stranger / The Devil
Leszek Teleszyński
Jakub
Małgorzata Braunek
Fiancée
Iga Mayr
Jakub's Mother
Wiktor Sadecki
Herz
Michał Grudziński
Ezechiel
Maciej Englert
The Count / Groom
Monika Niemczyk
The Nun
Bożena Miefiodow
Turkish Woman
Marian Zdenicki
The Dwarf
The Devil is a horror, history, drama film released in 1988. Directed by Andrzej Żuławski, it stars Wojciech Pszoniak, Leszek Teleszyński, Małgorzata Braunek. Young Polish nobleman Jakub is saved from imprisonment by a stranger. In return, the stranger wants to obtain a list of Jakub’s fellow conspirators. As he follows his mysterious savior across the country, Jakub is affected by the overall chaos and moral corruption; he goes insane and becomes a mass murderer.
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