Die Braut des Satans (1976)
24KDie Braut des Satans: Directed by Peter Sykes. With Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott. An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
“In London, the occult novelist John Verney (Richard Widmark) is contacted by a stranger named Henry Beddows (Denholm Elliott) during a lecture in a private gallery of his friends David Kennedy (Anthony Valentine) and Anna Fontaine (Honor Blackman). Henry asks John to meet his daughter, the nun Catherine Beddows (Nastassja Kinski), in the airport since she is coming from Munich and lodge her in his apartment since Henry has had a problem with Satanists and he would like to protect his daughter. In return, John could write a book with his experience with the Satanists. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJohn brings Catherine to his apartment and sooner he learns that she belongs to the church u0026quot;The Children of Our Lordu0026quot; from Germany, and she will be eighteen years old on the All Hallows Eve. While she is sleeping during the night, John realizes that Catherine, and not her father Henry, is actually in danger. Sooner he finds that the excommunicated Catholic priest Father Michael Raynem (Christopher Lee), who is Catherineu0026#39;s godfather, and a group of Satanists that worship the Devil plan to use Catherine to become Astaroth through a ritual. John visits the bishop, who is his friend, and asks permission to read the same pages of The Book of Abramelin that Father Michael had read in the 50u0026#39;s. Now John battles against the powerful Father Michael to save the life and soul of Catherine. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;To the Devil a Daughteru0026quot; is the last film from Hammer with a promising story and a great cast with Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Nastassja Kinski and Denholm Elliott. Unfortunately they are wasted in a lame screenplay with many flaws and a disappointing conclusion. The gorgeous Nastassja Kinski (officially born on 24 Jan 1961, but sources tell that she was born in 1959) naked does not seem to be only fifteen years old; seventeen would be more acceptable. My vote is five.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTitle (Brazil): u0026quot;Uma Filha para o Diabou0026quot; (u0026quot;A Daughter to the Devilu0026quot;)”
