Stealing Heaven (1988)
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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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Clive Donner
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- Studio
- Virgin Vision
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Cast
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Derek de Lint
as Abelard
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Kim Thomson
as Heloise
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Denholm Elliott
as Fulbert
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Bernard Hepton
as Bishop
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Kenneth Cranham
as Suger
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Rachel Kempson
as Prioress
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Patsy Byrne
as Agnes
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Mark Jax
as Jourdain
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Tim Watson
as Francois
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Angela Pleasence
as Sister Cecilia
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Cassie Stuart
as Petronilla
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Philip Locke
as Poussin
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Victoria Burgoyne
as Prostitute
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Antonia Cutic
as Gerard
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Andrew McLean
as Gerard
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Thomas Lockyer
as Thomas
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Mark Audley
as Luke
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Kai Dominic
as Paul
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Slavica Maras
as Marie Duroc
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Miki Hewitt
as Sister Claire
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Yvonne Bryceland
as Baroness Lamarck
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Vjenceslav Kapural
as Baron Lamarck
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Ivo Husnjak
as Gaston Lamarck
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Jeremy Hawk
as Ancient Priest
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Moniek Kramer
as Jeanne
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Drago Mitrovic
as Priest
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Diana Belinic
as Girl in Street
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Davor Fejzagic
as Boy in Street
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Zvonimir Ferencic
as Bishop
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Eugen Marcelic
as Astralabe
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Lela Simecki
as Sister Therese
