The Abyss
L'oeuvre au noir
Release: 1988-05-13
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 5.2
Drama
The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he thinks he has been forgotten. In this silent labyrinth where the faces of the past resurface, he rediscovers his identity and thus signs his death warrant.
Production Countries
Belgium
France
Cast
Sami Frey
as Prieur des Cordeliers
Anna Karina
as Catherine
Marie-France Pisier
as Martha
Mathieu Carrière
as Pierre de Hamaere, Pierre
Philippe Léotard
as Henri-Maximilien
Pierre Dherte
as Cyprien
Marie-Christine Barrault
as Hilzonde
Christian Maillet
as Philibert
Senne Rouffaer
as Le Cocq
Roger Van Hool
as L'officier
Linda Schagen Van Leeuwen
as Fille Citrouille
Alexandre von Sivers
as Deuxième théologien
Gaëtan Wenders
as Un moine (uncredited)
Johan Leysen
as Rombaut
Dora van der Groen
as Greete
Serge-Henri Valcke
as Capitaine du bateau
Herbert Flack
as Pouvoir
Gian Maria Volonté
as Zenone
Jean Bouise
as Campanus
Harry Cleven
as L'officier
