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Priest Daens

Priest Daens

Priest Daens

October 1992

138 mins

TMDB

7.1

Drama

History

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

Jan Decleir

Jan Decleir

Adolf Daens

Gérard Desarthe

Gérard Desarthe

Charles Woeste

Antje De Boeck

Antje De Boeck

Nette Scholliers

Michaël Pas

Michaël Pas

Jan De Meeter

Karel Baetens

Karel Baetens

Jefke

Julien Schoenaerts

Julien Schoenaerts

Bisschop Stillemans

Wim Meuwissen

Wim Meuwissen

Pieter Daens

Brit Alen

Brit Alen

Louise Daens

Johan Leysen

Johan Leysen

Schmitt

Linda van Dyck

Linda van Dyck

Elizabeth Borremans

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