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31/12/1938 Drama 0h 11m
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Overview

This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

  1. David Miller

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Carey Wilson

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Tom Neal

    Father Damien (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-08
In 1936, a US naval vessel travels from Hawaii at the behest of King Leopold III of Belgium to repatriate the body of Jozef De Veuster (Father Damiaan). Why? Well fifty years earlier he befriended a local population of lepers on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i where only the sick were permitted to live. With bodies strewn in what passed from the streets, he dealt with a dissolute community that openly - and correctly - blamed the white man for bringing the ghastly disease in the first place. His priestly duties see him take charge of their future and in but a decade, the place has become a hom...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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