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21/12/1943 Drama 2h 36m
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Here is greatness... wonder... and majesty... no human words can describe!

Overview

In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.

  1. Henry King

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jennifer Jones

    Bernadette

  2. William Eythe

    Antoine Nicolau

  3. Charles Bickford

    Father Peyramale

  4. Vincent Price

    Prosecutor Vital Dutour

  5. Lee J. Cobb

    Dr. Dozous

  6. Gladys Cooper

    Sister Marie Therese Vauzous

  7. Anne Revere

    Louise Soubirous

  8. Roman Bohnen

    François Soubirous

  9. Mary Anderson

    Jeanne Abadie

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-26
Jennifer Jones turns in an engaging performance as the eponymous girl, living in mid-19th Century France, who claims to have received divine communications in a grotto near her local village of Lourdes. Unsurprisingly, she faces a fairly sceptical clergy and state but her fellow villagers lap it all up. That enthusiasm soon spreads and soon - like it or not - she is a phenomenon that has drawn the attention of the Empress Eugenie herself. Her problems only worsen when she is finally accepted, and validated by her church and she takes up residence in a nunnery where she is respected and resente...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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