Set in the 17th century. A convent in a small town is being visited by high-ranking Catholic official trying to exorcise the nun supposedly possessed by demons. A local priest have been burnt for creating this condition by sexual temptation of the nuns, especially the Mother superior who bring on the collective hysteria of the group. There is another young priest who is to help with the exorcism. His first meeting with the convent head, Mother Joan of the Angels, has her seemingly possessed by Satan - she yells blasphemies and incites the priest. She begs the priest to save her and to help her to be a saint.

Title: Mother Joan of the Angels
Imdb rate: 7.6
Imdb votes: 2,939
Year: 1961
Language: Polish, Latin
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Poland
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Writers: Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (novel), Tadeusz Konwicki (screenplay), Jerzy Kawalerowicz (screenplay)
Actors:
Lucyna Winnicka
Mieczyslaw Voit
Anna Ciepielewska
Maria Chwalibóg

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination.