📜 Overview:
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Dutch
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French
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Latin
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Spanish
📆 Date Released:
1992-10-01
⌚ Running Time:
138 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.0
Beloved Cast
Adolf Daens
Jan Decleir
Charles Woeste
Gérard Desarthe
Nette Scholliers
Antje De Boeck
Jan De Meeter
Michaël Pas
Jefke
Karel Baetens
Bisschop Stillemans
Julien Schoenaerts
Pieter Daens
Wim Meuwissen
Louise Daens
Brit Alen
Schmitt
Johan Leysen
Elizabeth Borremans
Linda van Dyck
Eugene Borremans
Idwig Stephane
Ponnet
Jappe Claes
Marie
Brenda Bertin
Monsignor Goossens
Alex Wilequet
Burgemeester Van Wambeke
Fred Van Kuyk
Van Langenhove (Liberaal)
Herbert Flack
Nuncio
Rik Hancké
Wannes Scholliers
Matthias Schoenaerts
Julia
Anna Grażyna Suchocka
Clarice
Iwona Hofman
Nini
Julia Banaszkiewicz
Commission Member
Brunon Bukowski
Commission Member
Andrzej Głoskowski
Gendarmerie Officer
Sławomir Maciejewski
Commission Member
Leon Niemczyk
Commission Member
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
Man beside Nini's Corpse
Ludwik Benoit
Lisette
Genowefa Korska
Gang Member
Mirosław Jękot
Gang Member
Dariusz Kowalski
Gang Member
Jacek Łuczak
Gang Member
Tadeusz Falana
Gang Member
Jacek Sut
Woman giving out Soup
Barbara Połomska
Woman giving out Soup
Wiesława Grochowska
