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To the Devil, a Daughter (1976)
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"I recently read that To the Devil, a Daughter was the last movie to come out of Englands Hammer Studios. And while I would agree with most critics that this movie lacks the style and flair of most Hammer productions, it has something that no other Hammer film has had before... Nastassja Kinski nude. To put it quite simply, that is worth the price of admission right there. But, aside from Nastassja showing off her lovely body, this is quite a good film in other ways as well. Cristopher Lee is priceless (as he is in ALL of his films) as an insane and evil priest who has abandoned God and chosen to worship Satan instead. He is also the 'godfather' of the young nun, Catherine (Kinski), who has been released from the convent to visit her father - who mysteriously refuses to see her. Instead he sends her to his friend, an American novelist played by Richard Widmark, to look after her. When he leaves Catherine with a couple of his friends while he is researching a story ... "
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"To the Devil a Daughter is the last of the Hammer Horror films, and one of the least typical. As I learned on the DVD documentary, the studio was in its death throws at the time of its making and was forced to co-produce the film with a German studios at the time of its making. Unlike other Hammer films, this is a certifiable A production-with stars, a less exploitive storyline and more cereral feel. The film was influenced not only by the sucess of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist but Hammer's own The Devil Rides Out one of there most critically acclaimed if not commerical succesful production. Both The Devil Ride Out and To the Devil a Daughter are based on novels by Dennis Wheatley and feature Christopher Lee. In this film, Lee plays Father Michael, a priest who has acted as godfather for a young nun, Catherine (Natassja Kinski). When Catherine is sent to visit her father Henry (Denholm Elloit), he mysterously refueses to take her and convinces American mystery novelist Jo ... "
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