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POLAND · 1961

Mother Joan of the Angels

Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Polish School demonic possession faith and doubt religious authority mental illness and hysteria female spirituality
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Synopsis

A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior who is supposedly possessed by eight demons.

Year1961
CountryPoland
DirectorJerzy Kawalerowicz
MovementPolish School
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