Priest Daens (1992)
Drama • History • 2ч 18м
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
TMDB rating:
7.1
(66)
Cast
Jan Decleir
Adolf Daens
Gérard Desarthe
Charles Woeste
Antje De Boeck
Nette Scholliers
Michaël Pas
Jan De Meeter
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Karel Baetens
Jefke
Julien Schoenaerts
Bisschop Stillemans
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Wim Meuwissen
Pieter Daens
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Brit Alen
Louise Daens
Johan Leysen
Schmitt
Linda van Dyck
Elizabeth Borremans
Idwig Stephane
Eugene Borremans
Jappe Claes
Ponnet
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Brenda Bertin
Marie
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Alex Wilequet
Monsignor Goossens
Fred Van Kuyk
Burgemeester Van Wambeke
Herbert Flack
Van Langenhove (Liberaal)
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Rik Hancké
Nuncio
Matthias Schoenaerts
Wannes Scholliers
Anna Grażyna Suchocka
Julia
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Iwona Hofman
Clarice
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Julia Banaszkiewicz
Nini
Brunon Bukowski
Commission Member
Andrzej Głoskowski
Commission Member
Sławomir Maciejewski
Gendarmerie Officer
Crew
Stijn Coninx
Director
Louis Paul Boon
Novel
François Chevallier
Writer
Stijn Coninx
Writer
Addy Weijers
Writer
Ryszard Chutkowski
Production Manager
Fernand Auwera
Scenario Writer
Daphni Gadellaa
Producer's Assistant
Dirk Impens
Producer
Frank Jansen
Co-Producer
Jean-Luc Ormières
Producer
Maria Peters
Producer
Hans Pos
Producer
Dave Schram
Producer
Dirk Brossé
Music
Walther van den Ende
Director of Photography
Ludo Troch
Editor
Job Gosschalk
Casting
Kris Vinck
Casting
Hubert Pouille
Production Design
Allan Starski
Production Design
Ewa Skoczkowska
Art Direction
Yan Tax
Costume Design
Winnie Gallis
Makeup Artist
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