Bernadette of Lourdes (1961)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1961-01-01
Runtime: 102 minutes
Director: Robert Darène
Top Cast
- Danièle Ajoret as Bernadette Soubirous
- Bernard Lajarrige as François Soubirous
- Madeleine Sologne as Madame Soubirous
- Henri Nassiet as Le curé Peyramale
- Jean-Jacques Delbo as Le commissaire Jacomet
- Renaud Mary as Monseigneur Forcade
- Nadine Alari as Mère Marie-Thérèse
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