Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Mar 10, 1977

1h 25m

★ 5.8

Satanic lust behind cloister walls...

Overview

16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Ascot Film

Elite Film

Cinemec Zweite Produktions KG

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun Trailers

Cast

Maria Rosalea Coutinho

Susan Hemingway

Mother Alma, the Grand Priestess

Ana Zanatti

Father Vicente

William Berger

Satan

Herbert Fux

António Fernando Queiroz de Melo

Vítor Mendes

Old Priest

Anton Diffring

Joanna, a Nun

Aida Vargas

Josefina

Esther Studer

Nun

Dagmar Bürger

Manuel Gonçalves

Herman José

The Grand Inquisitor

José Viana

Maria's Mother

Patricia Da Silva

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