
The Devil
Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
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3/1/1972Runtime
125 minsOverview
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 feverish descent into madness and moral corruption set against a backdrop of societal chaos, where a man's psychological unraveling becomes as disturbing as the corruption surrounding him. The film traces how proximity to corruption and moral compromise can consume and transform a person entirely.
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Wojciech Pszoniak
Stranger / The Devil

Leszek Teleszyński
Jakub

Małgorzata Braunek
Fiancée
Iga Mayr
Jakub's Mother

Wiktor Sadecki
Herz

Michał Grudziński
Ezechiel
Maciej Englert
The Count / Groom

Monika Niemczyk
The Nun

Bożena Miefiodow
Turkish Woman
Marian Zdenicki
The Dwarf
Anna Parzonka
Jakub's Sister

Jerzy Zygmunt Nowak
Valet
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