'The Devils' - (re-edited)

BlankHow I felt after watching Ken Russell's film 'The Devils' - (re-edited)

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ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Los demonios - Spanish / Venezualan title
The Devils of Loudon
Die Teufel - German title
Les diables - French title
I diavoli - Italian title
Djavlarna - Swedish title

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: R

Finland
Rating: Banned

Italy
Rating: Banned

Norway
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: X; 18
Cut by approximately 90 seconds in 1971. Subsequently, 10 minutes or so were
removed by distributors trying to fit the film onto a double bill.

USA
Rating: X; R

The Devils was dismissed by many as blasphemous, crass or shocking simply
for its own sake - 17 local councils banned it outright while pressure group
the National Viewers and Listener's Association were particularly vociferous
in their condemnation. Seen with the benefit of hindsight, it remains a
powerful and often deeply disturbing meditation on sexual repression,
religious mania and political corruption as only Russell can do it. Often
hysterically over the top and frequently brutal and confrontational, The
Devil's power lies in its deliberate flouting of all of the 'rules' of
decency and taste. Russell has never been one to exercise restraint and here
he lets rip with the full weight of his righteous indignation in one of the
most astonishing primal screams ever committed to celluloid