Bernadette of Lourdes

01/01/1961

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1hr 42min

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Drama

The True Story of Saint Bernadette

STORY

This modest, unpretentious French film is a streamlined version of the true story previously cinematized as The Song of Bernadette (1943). Daniele Ajort plays the simple 19th-century French peasant girl who insists that she has experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary. Once this sighting becomes common knowledge, Bernadette's very existence becomes a religious and political hot potato. Thousands of people flock to the grotto at Lourdes where Bernadette claims she has seen the Holy Mother, believing that the waters therein contain recuperative powers. Bernadette dies under a cloud of controversy, but is ultimately elevated to sainthood by the Vatican.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Danièle Ajoret
  • Bernard Lajarrige
  • Madeleine Sologne
  • Henri Nassiet
  • Jean-Jacques Delbo

    Director

  • Robert Darène

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Cinerez
  • Edition et Diffusion Cinématographique (E.D.I.C.)

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES

  • French