The plot revolves around the crisis of faith suffered by Father Merrin following the horrific events he witnessed during World War II. Many years before the events in The Exorcist, the young Father Lankester Merrin (played by Skarsgård, who played the same part in Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist) travels to East Africa. Merrin has taken a sabbatical from the Church and devoted himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith. He is haunted especially by an incident in a small village in occupied Holland during World War II, where he served as parish priest. Near the end of the war, a sadistic Nazi SS commander, in retaliation for the murder of a German trooper, forces Merrin to participate in arbitrary executions in order to save a full village from slaughter.

• Stellan Skarsgård
• Ralph Brown
• Izabella Scorupco
• James D'arcy
• Ben Cross
• Remy Sweeney

Genres:

Horror, Thriller, History

Release date:

2004-08-20

External links:

Exorcist: The Beginning at IMDB Exorcist: The Beginning at Wikipedia