The Devil

The Devil

1972 · 125 min · PL · 7.3 (61 votes)
Dir. Andrzej Żuławski · Starring Wojciech Pszoniak, Leszek Teleszyński, Małgorzata Braunek, Iga Mayr, Wiktor Sadecki, Michał Grudziński · Music Andrzej Korzyński
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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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A descent into moral rot and existential dread. This film feels like a fever dream, where faith crumbles and innocence is irrevocably lost. It’s a bleak, unsettling journey through a world steeped in corruption and madness.

dread-soakedunsettlingnihilisticbleakslow-burnperiod dramaarthousegothicpsychological horrorcorruptionloss of innocencefaithmadness
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