''Léonor'' (also known as ''Mistress of the Devil'') is a 1975 French-Italian-Spanish
horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apo ...
written and directed by
Juan Luis Buñuel
Juan Luis Buñuel (9 November 1934, Paris – 6 December 2017, Paris) was a film and television director, screenwriter, and actor. His films include ''Expulsion of the Devil'' (''Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse'', 1973) and ''La Femme aux ...
(the son of
Luis Buñuel) and starring
Michel Piccoli
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...
,
Liv Ullmann
Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and film director. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent partner of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She acted in ...
and
Ornella Muti.
Plot
Cast
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Michel Piccoli
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...
as Richard
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Liv Ullmann
Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and film director. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent partner of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She acted in ...
as Leonor
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Ornella Muti as Catherine
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Antonio Ferrandis as Thomas
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Ángel del Pozo as Chaplain
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George Rigaud as Catherine's Father
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José María Caffarel as The Doctor
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Carmen Maura
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Piero Vida
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José Guardiola
José Guardiola Díaz de Rada, (22 October 1930 – 9 April 2012) was a Spanish singer of popular music who sang in Spanish and Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* ...
*
Tito García
Release
Home media
The film was released for the first time on
DVD and
Blu-ray
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by Scorpion Releasing on August 21, 2018.
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French horror films
Italian horror films
Spanish horror films
1970s crime films
Crime horror films
Folk horror films
Films set in the Middle Ages
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
1970s French films
1970s Italian films
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