The Devils

1971 film by Ken Russell
Movie film Q655996
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The Devils

Summary

The Devils is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,851 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Devils's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Devils's director is recorded as Ken Russell[4].
  • The Devils's screenwriter is recorded as Ken Russell[5].
  • The Devils's composer is recorded as Peter Maxwell Davies[6].
  • The Devils's genre is recorded as biographical film[7].
  • The Devils's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • The Devils's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[9].
  • The Devils's genre is recorded as Satanic film[10].
  • The Devils's based on is recorded as The Devils of Loudun[11].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Oliver Reed[12].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Vanessa Redgrave[13].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Gemma Jones[14].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Michael Gothard[15].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Murray Melvin[16].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Christopher Logue[17].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as John Woodvine[18].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Brian Murphy[19].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Max Adrian[20].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Kenneth Colley[21].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Brian Murphy[22].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Dudley Sutton[23].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Georgina Hale[24].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Graham Armitage[25].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Andrew Faulds[26].
  • The Devils's cast member is recorded as Judith Paris[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Devils's producer is recorded as Ken Russell[28]. Its director is recorded as Ken Russell[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Ken Russell[5]. Cast members include Oliver Reed[12], Vanessa Redgrave[13], Gemma Jones[14], Michael Gothard[15], Murray Melvin[16], and Christopher Logue[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1971-01-01T00:00:00Z[29], +1971-07-16T00:00:00Z[30], +1971-07-25T00:00:00Z[31], +1971-08-28T00:00:00Z[32], +1971-09-11T00:00:00Z[33], and +1971-09-17T00:00:00Z[34]. The Devils's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[35]. Genres include biographical film[7], drama film[8], film based on a novel[9], and Satanic film[10].

Subject and Themes

The Devils's main subject is recorded as capital punishment[36].

Reception

Reviews include 67%[37], 7.9/10[38], and 49/100[39].

Why It Matters

The Devils ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,851 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [38] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [39] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [36] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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