Stealing Heaven (1988)
- Starring:
- Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Clive Donner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Based on the novel by Marion Meade, this costume drama retelling of the doomed 12th century romance of Abelard and Heloise was directed by Clive Donner. Abelard (Derek de Lint) is a philosophy professor at the cathedral school of Notre Dame. Considered the greatest teacher in Paris at a time when professors of philosophy are required to be chaste, Abelard is a champion of reason and a man of the people. Despite what it could mean to his career and standing, however, Abelard falls in love with a student, Heloise (Kim Thomson), an upper class teenage girl raised in a convent and possessing an insatiably curious intellect, along with a rebellious attitude toward the second-class status of women in her society. When word of the relationship begins to filter out, Heloise's ambitious uncle Fulbert (Denholm Elliott), who had hoped to marry her off to a wealthy gentlemen, schemes to end the romance, as does the bishop of Paris (Bernard Hepton). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Derek de Lint - Abelard
- Denholm Elliott - Fulbert
- Kenneth Cranham - Suger
- Rachel Kempson - Prioress
- Tim Watson - Francois
- Cassie Stuart - Petronilla
- Victoria Burgoyne - Prostitute
- Andrew McLean - Gerard
- Mark Audley - Luke
- Slavica Maras - Marie Duroc
- Yvonne Bryceland - Baroness Lamarck
- Ivo Husnjak - Gaston Lamarck
- Moniek Kramer - Jeanne
- Diana Belinic - Girl in Street
- Eugen Marcelic - Astralabe
- Zvonimir Ferencic - Bishop
- Kim Thomson - Heloise
- Bernard Hepton - Bishop
- Patsy Byrne - Agnes
- Mark Jax - Jourdain
- Angela Pleasence - Sister Cecilia
- Philip Locke - Poussin
- Antonia Cutic - Gerard
- Thomas Lockyer - Thomas
- Kai Dominic - Paul
- Miki Hewitt - Sister Claire
- Vjenceslav Kapural - Baron Lamarck
- Jeremy Hawk - Ancient Priest
- Drago Mitrovic - Priest
- Lela Simecki - Sister Therese
- Davor Fejzagic - Boy in Street
- Director(s):
- Clive Donner
- Writer(s):
- Chris Bryant
- Producer(s):
- Simon MacCorkindale, Andros Epaminondas, Susan George
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Strong Sexual Content, Nudity)
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