Night Sun (1990)

Based on Leo Tolstoys novel Father Sergius Night Sun stars Julian Sands as Sergio a nobleman in 18thcentury Italy who is expected to marry a duchess Nastassja Kinski Upon learning that she was previously the Kings mistress Sergio turns his back on society and becomes a monk While at the hermitage he tries to resist all sexual temptations before him and soon becomes known as a miracle worker Eventually he succumbs to a young seductress and knowing he is undeserving of the adulation leaves the hermitage to travel around as a homeless beggar