KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS in 35mm

“The restoration of the material is like cleaning the Sistine Chapel with saliva. It is insane, the epic size of the film. I mean, I’ve seen it on the big screen in Telluride at a theater — but I’ve never seen the movie until I saw this restoration.” — Guillermo del Toro

An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption — and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Power-mad Cardinal Richelieu (Christopher Logue) seeks control of 17th century France but first needs to destroy Father Grandier (Reed), a priest who controls the fortified town of Loudun, the lone holdout against the cardinal’s ever-growing megalomania. Richelieu’s plan for Grandier’s destruction involves accusing the prelate of commerce with the devil, demonic possession of a convent of nuns — including Sister Jeanne des Anges (Redgrave), herself obsessed with Grandier — and sexual abuse of the good sisters. But when a mad witch-hunter is brought in to gather evidence against the priest, all hell breaks loose. Assembled from the original camera negative, this 35mm print (sourced from the new 4K restoration) presents Russell’s definitive vision of THE DEVILS by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned — and the first time the film will be presented restored and in both 4K and this 35mm print. DIR/SCR/PROD Ken Russell, from the play by John Whiting and the novel “The Devils of Loudun” by Aldous Huxley; PROD Robert H. Solo. UK/U.S., 1971/2026, color, 111 min. NC-17

KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS also screens in a new 4K restoration.

Run Time: 111 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, October 16, 2026

Genre: Horror

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