Stealing Heaven (1988)

Name: Stealing Heaven
Genre: History, Romance, Drama
Released: 1988-05-20
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson, Denholm Elliott, Bernard Hepton, Rachel Kempson

Forgive us father for we have loved.

Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels against the status of women in 12th century Europe. When others begin to suspect their relationship, Heloise's uncle Fulbert and the bishop of Paris work together to put a stop to it. Héloïse becomes pregnant with Abelard's child, and they are married in secret. Abelard struggles for acting against the will of God, yet is unable to escape his love for Heloise.

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Released 1988-05-20 · 108 min · History, Romance, Drama

Directed by Clive Donner

Cast

Derek de Lint as Abelard
Kim Thomson as Heloise
Denholm Elliott as Fulbert
Bernard Hepton as Bishop
Rachel Kempson as Prioress
Angela Pleasence as Sister Cecilia
Kenneth Cranham as Vice Chancellor Suger
Patsy Byrne
Yvonne Bryceland
Philip Locke
Cassie Stuart
Mark Jax
Thomas Lockyer
Victoria Burgoyne