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Top billed cast

Steve BondFather Joseph Mohr
Nastassja KinskiMagdalene
David WarnerBaron von Seidl
Günter MeisnerPrior
Cyrus EliasFranz Gruber
Katharina BöhmHelga
Ferdy MayneArchbishop
Franco NeroJanza
Anthony QuayleFather Noessler
William Carr HickeyRudolf

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