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Sorceress : Le moine et la sorcière / Lara Classics, Inc.-Bleu Productions ... [and others] ; scenario by Pamela Berger and Suzanne Schiffman ; story by Pamela Berger ; produced by Pamela Berger, Annie Leibovici and Georges Reinhart ; directed by Suzanne Schiffman.
LIBRA DVD 025 893 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Stephanus, de Borbone, -approximately 1261--Drama.
- Stephanus.
- Stephanus, de Borbone, -approximately 1261.
- Inquisition--France--Drama.
- Inquisition.
- Occultism--Drama.
- Occultism.
- History.
- France--History--13th century--Drama.
- France.
- Genre:
- Historical films.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (20 pages : illustrations)
- polychrome
- Edition:
- French language version.
- Other Title:
- Moine et la sorcière
- Place of Publication:
- [Cambridge, MA] : Lara Classics, Inc., 1987.
- Language Note:
- In French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Story of a medieval French healer and her perseverance against a righteous monk, who comes to her village looking for heretics to condemn.
- A drama set in 13th century France revolving around Étienne de Bourbon, a Dominican friar sent by the pope to seek out heretics and a forest woman who performs ancient healing rituals. An historically accurate dramatization of the conflict between ancient customs and religious dogma.
- Participant:
- Tchéky Karyo, Christine Boisson, Jean Carmet.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Patrick Blossier ; art director, Bernard Vézat ; editor, Martine Barraqué ; music, Michel Portal ; costume designers, Mouchi Houblinne, Françoise Autran.
- Notes:
- Produced with partial funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Story inspired by the writings of Étienne de Bourbon.
- Filmed simultaneously in French and English; originally released as motion picture in 1987.
- Accompanied by a booklet (20 p. : ill.) containing program notes by scenarist Pamela Berger in English and an interview with director Suzanne Schiffman in French.
- OCLC:
- 262846550
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