Ken Russell’s The Devils Getting A Deluxe 4K Collector’s Edition!

It’s been 55 years in the making and after it’s short theatrical run Ken Russell’s The Devils the definitive, uncensored director’s cut will soon be available for purchase in the UK and Ireland on 4K UHD Blu-ray.

The 3-disc Collector’s Edition will include the 4K UHD presentation of the director’s cut as well as all three versions of the film for the first time ever on Blu-ray. The standard 4K UHD edition will include the director’s cut and new bonus material.

Ken Russell’s The Devils is the definitive cut of “The Devils”, and no other director’s cut formally exists. This cut was originally reconstructed in 2004 under the supervision of Ken Russell and the film’s editor Michael Bradsell with the collaboration of Mark Kermode.

The film stars Oliver Reed and Academy Award Winner Vanessa Redgrave. In 1971, the film received Best Director awards from two of the most prestigious institutions in the world: the 33rd Venice International Film Festival and the U.S. National Board of Review. Its critical reception in the following decades has only become more impassioned, championed by artists and film historians including Guillermo del Toro and Mark Kermode.

Related: The Devils Director’s Cut Review (2026 BFI London Film Festival)

Synopsis | In Ken Russell’s The Devils, the legendary and controversial 1971 masterpiece returns in a stunning new 4K restoration, presenting the director’s definitive vision for the first time. In 17th-century Loudun, charismatic priest Father Grandier (Oliver Reed) finds himself at the centre of a political and religious conspiracy when the tormented Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave) becomes consumed by obsession. As accusations of possession, corruption, and witchcraft ignite mass hysteria, a shocking struggle for power threatens to destroy an entire community. Written and directed by Ken Russell, this visually breathtaking epic remains one of cinema’s most provocative and enduring works.

Ken Russell’s The Devils 3-Disc 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Collector’s Edition contains the following:

• The first ever 4K UHD presentation of Ken Russell’s The Devils – the uncensored, definitive director’s cut – encoded by Fidelity In Motion with a newly restored monaural soundtrack.

• The first ever official Blu-ray presentations of Ken Russell’s The Devils, the uncensored, definitive director’s cut (114 mins); the UK X-Rated version (111 mins); and the US R-Rated version (108 mins), with a newly restored monaural soundtrack.

• Unedited 2004 audio commentary with Ken Russell, Michael Bradsell, Mark Kermode & Paul Joyce

• Never-before-seen extended scene

• New extended version of the documentary Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of The Devils (2002) featuring additional interview footage with Ken Russell

• New 4K remaster of the short film Amelia and the Angel (1958) directed by Ken Russell

• New compilation of camera slates

• New interview with Guillermo del Toro on The Devils and the legacy of Ken Russell

• New introduction by Kleber Mendonça Filho at the first ever screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils in Brazil

• New extended interview with Mark Kermode on The Devils and the reconstruction of the definitive director’s cut

• New behind-the-scenes featurette on the picture and sound restoration

• Never-before-seen archival interviews with Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed

• Never-before-heard archival audio interviews between critic Richard Crouse and cast/crew

• Never-before-seen costume sketches by Shirley Russell with audio commentary by Victoria Russell

• Excerpt of Rupert Russell’s documentary Mad Dad, featuring never-before-seen Russell family photos

• 2004 Q&A with Ken Russell and Mark Kermode following the first ever screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils at the BFI Southbank NFT1

• 2010 Film at Lincoln Center Q&A with Ken Russell and Vanessa Redgrave

• Director of Devils (1971) featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and a Ken Russell interview

• Behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Michael Bradsell

• Archival Trailers

• 2026 Theatrical Trailer

• 96-page book with never-before-seen photography and production materials, excerpts of the original continuity script, new essays by Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams, and newly unearthed archival crew interviews

• and more…

Ken Russell’s The Devils 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Standard Edition contains the following:

• The first ever 4K UHD presentation of Ken Russell’s The Devils – the uncensored, definitive director’s cut – encoded by Fidelity In Motion with a newly restored monaural soundtrack.

• Unedited 2004 audio commentary with Ken Russell, Michael Bradsell, Mark Kermode & Paul Joyce

• New interview with Guillermo del Toro on The Devils and the legacy of Ken Russell

• 2004 Q&A with Ken Russell and Mark Kermode following the first ever screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils at the BFI Southbank NFT1

• Behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Michael Bradsell

• Director of Devils (1971) featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and a Ken Russell interview

• Archival Trailers

• 2026 Theatrical Trailer

Ken Russell’s The Devils, uncensored director’s cut will be available for purchase in the UK and Ireland on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc on 20th April, 2027.

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