# Mark of the Devil Part II

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1973 West German film

Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält German theatrical poster Directed by Adrian Hoven Written by Michael Armstrong Adrian Hoven Fred Denger Produced by Adrian Hoven Starring Erika Blanc Anton Diffring Reggie Nalder Cinematography Ernst W. Kalinke Edited by Siegrun Jäger Music by Don Banks John Scott Sam Sklair Distributed by Hallmark Releasing (USA) Release date 1973 (1973) Running time 97 minutes Country West Germany

***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 [German](/source/West_Germany) [horror film](/source/Horror_film) released in [1973](/source/1973_in_film). It is a [sequel](/source/Sequel) to *[Mark of the Devil](/source/Mark_of_the_Devil_(1970_film))*.

## 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 [heretic](/source/Heresy_in_Christianity) by the corrupt officials, and tortured.

## Cast

- [Erika Blanc](/source/Erika_Blanc) as Elisabeth von Salmenau

- [Anton Diffring](/source/Anton_Diffring) as Balthasar von Ross

- [Percy Hoven](/source/Percy_Hoven) as Alexander von Salmenau

- [Reggie Nalder](/source/Reggie_Nalder) as Natas

- [Lukas Ammann](/source/Lukas_Ammann) as Eminence

- Jean-Pierre Zola as Nicholas

- Astrid Kilian as Clementine

- Ellen Umlauf as Abbess

- [Rosemarie Heinikel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rosemarie_Heinikel&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemarie_Heinikel)] as Pompanne (credited as Rosy Rosy)

- Dietrich Kerky as Father Melchior

- [Johannes Buzalski](/source/Johannes_Buzalski) as Advocate

- [Adrian Hoven](/source/Adrian_Hoven) as Count Alexander von Salmenau

## Production

Although sold as a [sequel](/source/Sequel), the film has no real connection to the first film outside of a similar time period and instances of gratuitous torture. [Reggie Nalder](/source/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](/source/United_States) by Hallmark Releasing, distributor of the first film, in 1974. It has been available on [VHS](/source/VHS) in a multitude of releases from different companies, all varying in terms of the violent content, and never been officially released on [DVD](/source/DVD) in the [United States](/source/United_States).

## External links

- [*Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068925/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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