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Anchoress
Ecstasy and orthodoxy in the 14th century!
Genres
DramaHorror
Overview
A 16th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious hermit.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
108 min
Release Date
1993-09-10
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
11
Vote Average
6
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Natalie Morse
Christine Carpenter
Gene Bervoets
Reeve
Toyah Willcox
Pauline Carpenter
Pete Postlethwaite
William Carpenter
Christopher Eccleston
Priest
Michaël Pas
Drover
Julie T. Wallace
Bertha
Annette Badland
Mary
Brenda Bertin
Meg Carpenter
Veronica Quilligan
Daisy
Ann Way
Alice
François Beukelaers
Bishop
Jan Decleir
Mason
David Boyce
Ragged Martin
Mieke De Groote
Ragged Martin's Wife
Erik Konstantyn
Carter
Guy Pion
Innkeeper
Peter Van Asbroeck
Dyer
Grant Oatley
Oswald
Tim Barlow
Old Pilgrim
Hugo Harold-Harrison
Priest's Boy
Corinne Camacho
Pilgrim
Alain Van Goethem
(uncredited)
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