Priest Daens

Priest Daens

Priest Daens

October 1992

138 mins

TMDB

7.1

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.

Cast

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Jan Decleir

Adolf Daens

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Gérard Desarthe

Charles Woeste

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Antje De Boeck

Nette Scholliers

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Michaël Pas

Jan De Meeter

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Karel Baetens

Jefke

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Julien Schoenaerts

Bisschop Stillemans

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Wim Meuwissen

Pieter Daens

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Brit Alen

Louise Daens

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Johan Leysen

Schmitt

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Linda van Dyck

Elizabeth Borremans

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