Cadfael: The Devil's Novice (1996)
- Director(s):
- Malcolm Mowbray, Herbert Wise, (more
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Ellis Peters' 12th-century monk who finds time in his daily devotionals to ferret out crime comes alive in this made-for-TV drama. A young man named Meriet (Christian Anholt) arrives at Shrewsbury Abbey eager to become a novice, but Brother Cadfael (Derek Jacobi) somehow doubts the boy's good intentions, and a Senior Cleric decides to take a look into his past. When the Cleric turns up dead, Meriet confesses to the murder, but once Cadfael learns more about the young man's troubled history, he wonders if Meriet might be offering himself as a sacrifice to cover someone else's tracks. Brother Cadfael: The Devil's Novice also features Terence Hardiman and Mark Charnock; the drama was originally shown in the U.S. as part of the PBS series Mystery! ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Michael Culver - Prior Robert
- Julian Firth - Brother Jerome
- Terence Hardiman - Abbot Radulfus
- Ian McNeice - Canon Eluard
- Albie Woodington - Sgt. Warden
- Daniel Betts - Janyn
- Mark Charnock - Brother Oswin
- Louisa Milwood-Haight - Isobel
- Gabor Urmai - Jehan
- John Dallimore - Harald
- Julian Glover - Leoric Aspley
- Derek Jacobi - Brother Cadfael
- Chloe Annett - Rosanna
- Patrick Toomey - Tristan
- Christien Anhol - Meriet
- Eoin McCarthy - Hugh Beringar
- Ian Redding - Peter Clemence
- Director(s):
- Herbert Wise, Malcolm Mowbray
- Writer(s):
- Christopher Russell, Russell
- Producer(s):
- Stephen Smallwood
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