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 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

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Cast

Derek de Lint
as Abelard
Kim Thomson
as Heloise
Denholm Elliott
as Fulbert
Bernard Hepton
as Bishop
Kenneth Cranham
as Suger
Rachel Kempson
as Prioress
Patsy Byrne
as Agnes
Mark Jax
as Jourdain
Tim Watson
as Francois
Angela Pleasence
as Sister Cecilia
Cassie Stuart
as Petronilla
Philip Locke
as Poussin
Victoria Burgoyne
as Prostitute
Antonia Cutic
as Gerard
Andrew McLean
as Gerard
Thomas Lockyer
as Thomas
Mark Audley
as Luke
Kai Dominic
as Paul
Slavica Maras
as Marie Duroc
Miki Hewitt
as Sister Claire
Yvonne Bryceland
as Baroness Lamarck
Vjenceslav Kapural
as Baron Lamarck
Ivo Husnjak
as Gaston Lamarck
Jeremy Hawk
as Ancient Priest
Moniek Kramer
as Jeanne
Drago Mitrovic
as Priest
Diana Belinic
as Girl in Street
Davor Fejzagic
as Boy in Street
Zvonimir Ferencic
as Bishop
Eugen Marcelic
as Astralabe
Lela Simecki
as Sister Therese
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