Barre Quotes in The Devils (1971)

Barre: [blessing the torture instruments with holy water] We humbly beg of thee almighty God, in thy goodness, bless these instuments thou has created and given to us for our sacred use...

Grandier: Devils in pieces of wood now, Barre?

Barre: [pouring holy water on Grandier's legs] If they are not driven out, your devils might, by their infernal arts, prevent the torture being as excruciating as it should be. Then you would never confess, and your soul would be damned for eternity. Are you ready to confess?

Grandier: I have been a man. I have loved women. I have enjoyed power.

Barre: That's not what we want. You've been a magician. You've had commerce with devils!

Barre: [about to burn Grandier at the stake] Confess you are the Devil's servant! Renounce your master!

Grandier: I am about to meet the God who is my witness! And I have spoken the truth!

Barre: [brandishing the flaming torch and moving closer to Grandier] Confess! Confess! You have only a moment to live!

Grandier: Only a moment, but then I face the just and fearful judgment that you too, reverend father, will soon be called.

Barre: [starting the fire] May your body be consumed by eternal fire!

Barre: Sin can be caught as easily as the plague.

Louis XIII: Reverend Father, I notice that you don't speak to these creatures in Latin as is usual. Why is that?

Barre: They're not conversant with the language. You'll understand, sire, there are uneducated as well as educated devils.

Jeanne: [in a growling voice as she crawls like a crab] I haven't travelled much.

Louis XIII: Quite.

Barre: [after having Grandier dragged through the streets following his torture, they arrive at the Convent where Grandier is to beg forgiveness] Get up.

Grandier: What is this place?

Barre: The Convent of St Ursulla, a place you have defiled. Do what must be done.

[he tips Gradier off the stretcher he is on]

Barre: [to Sister Jeanne] My dear sister in Christ, I must question you.

Louis XIII: What effect would the close proximity of this relic have on devils such as these?

Barre: It would put them to flight.

Louis XIII: At once?

Barre: Immediately. Although I could not guarantee that, once the relic was removed, they would not return.

Louis XIII: Of course not. That would be asking too much.