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73% Critic Match
Possession
“Inhuman ecstasy fulfilled.”
7.3 / 10• 1981• 2h 4m•R• English
Horror
Storyline
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
Cast & Crew
Isabelle Adjani
Anna / Helen
Lead
Sam Neill
Mark
Margit Carstensen
Margit Gluckmeister
Heinz Bennent
Heinrich
Johanna Hofer
Heinrich's Mother
Carl Duering
Private Detective
Shaun Lawton
Zimmermann
MH
Michael Hogben
Bob
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrzej Żuławski's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Possession is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
