Mark of the Devil Part II

{{more citations needed|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält | image = Mark of Devil II.jpg | caption = German theatrical poster | director = [[Adrian Hoven]] | producer = Adrian Hoven | writer = [[Michael Armstrong (filmmaker)|Michael Armstrong]] [[Adrian Hoven]] Fred Denger | narrator = | starring = [[Erika Blanc]] [[Anton Diffring]] [[Reggie Nalder]] | music = [[Don Banks]] [[John Scott (composer)|John Scott]] Sam Sklair | cinematography = [[Ernst W. Kalinke]] | editing = Siegrun Jäger | distributor = Hallmark Releasing (USA) | released = {{Film date|1973}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = [[West Germany]] | language = | budget = }}

'''''Mark of the Devil Part II''''', or in original German ''Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält'' (lit. "Witches Are Violated and Tortured to Death"), is a [[West Germany|German]] [[horror film]] released in [[1973 in film|1973]]. It is a [[sequel]] to ''[[Mark of the Devil (1970 film)|Mark of the Devil]]''.

==Plot== Young noblewoman Elisabeth von Salmenau encounters a group of religious fanatics led by Balthasar von Ross and his henchman Natas. Her husband is killed and her young son Alexander is deemed the devil's spawn. Elisabeth intends to plead the innocence of her son, but when she refuses Balthasar's advances, she is also deemed a [[Heresy in Christianity|heretic]] by the corrupt officials, and tortured.

==Cast== * [[Erika Blanc]] as Elisabeth von Salmenau * [[Anton Diffring]] as Balthasar von Ross * [[Percy Hoven]] as Alexander von Salmenau * [[Reggie Nalder]] as Natas * [[Lukas Ammann]] as Eminence * Jean-Pierre Zola as Nicholas * Astrid Kilian as Clementine * Ellen Umlauf as Abbess * {{ill|Rosemarie Heinikel|de}} as Pompanne (credited as Rosy Rosy) * Dietrich Kerky as Father Melchior * [[Johannes Buzalski]] as Advocate * [[Adrian Hoven]] as Count Alexander von Salmenau

==Production== Although sold as a [[sequel]], the film has no real connection to the first film outside of a similar time period and instances of gratuitous torture. [[Reggie Nalder]], who played the villain in the first film, co-stars here but plays a different character.

==Release== The film was released theatrically in the [[United States]] by Hallmark Releasing, distributor of the first film, in 1974. It has been available on [[VHS]] in a multitude of releases from different companies, all varying in terms of the violent content, and never been officially released on [[DVD]] in the [[United States]].

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0068925|Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält}}

[[Category:1973 films]] [[Category:1973 horror films]] [[Category:1973 German films]] [[Category:1973 German-language films]] [[Category:Films about nobility]] [[Category:Films about witchcraft]] [[Category:Films about witch hunting]] [[Category:Films directed by Adrian Hoven]] [[Category:Films set in the 18th century]] [[Category:German horror films]] [[Category:Nunsploitation films]] [[Category:West German films]]