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Bernadette of Lourdes (1961)
Directed by Robert Darène
“The True Story of Saint Bernadette”
Drama · 1h 42m
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.
Cast
Danièle Ajoret
Bernard Lajarrige
Madeleine Sologne
Henri Nassiet
Jean-Jacques Delbo
Renaud Mary
Nadine Alari
Crew
- Director
- Robert Darène
- Writer
- Gilbert Cesbron
- Director of Photography
- Marcel Weiss
- Original Music Composer
- Maurice Thiriet
- Editor
- Germaine Artus
- Producer
- Georges de La Grandière, Margaret Le Fèvre
Details
- Original title
- Il suffit d'aimer
- Release date
- 1961-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Cinerez, Edition et Diffusion Cinématographique (E.D.I.C.)