Priest Daens
1992-10-01 | 138 minutes
Plot Summary
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 DecleirAdolf Daens
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Gérard DesartheCharles Woeste
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Antje De BoeckNette Scholliers
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Michaël PasJan De Meeter
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Julien SchoenaertsBisschop Stillemans
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Johan LeysenSchmitt
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Linda van DyckElizabeth Borremans
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Idwig StephaneEugene Borremans
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Jappe ClaesPonnet
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Fred Van KuykBurgemeester Van Wambeke
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Herbert FlackVan Langenhove (Liberaal)
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Matthias SchoenaertsWannes Scholliers
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Anna Grażyna SuchockaJulia
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