Synopsis for
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) More at IMDbPro »

Father Lankester Merrin (Stellan Skarsgare) is haunted by the choices he had to make at his parish in Holland during World War II. Someone killed a German soldier, and a Nazi officer had the people of Father Merrin's parish lined up in the street. He told Father Merrin, `that God is not here today,' and then he proved it by killing the people of his parish. Father Merrin's faith was tested that day, and he could no longer call himself a man of God. Merrin is in Cairo wandering the world in search of the truth in a bottle. He is hired by a collector to remove an ancient relic from a Christian Byzantine church that was discovered in Kenya. After the church is excavated from the sand, strange things begin to happen to the villagers, and the British soldiers. Merrin finds a hidden cave beneath the church, which ends up being the place where Evil was born on earth. Father Merrin finally finds truth. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)