God Needs Men
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The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the 19th-century Brittany, follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.
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Cast
32 people
Pierre Fresnay
Thomas Gourvennec
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Madeleine Robinson
Jeanne Gourvennec
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The Trial
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Daniel Gélin
Joseph Le Berre
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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Andrée Clément
Scholastique Kerneis
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Jean Brochard
Abbot Kerhervé
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Coise Karbacen
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Le Corbeau
The Little World of Don Camillo
Antoine Balpêtré
Father Gourvennec
Known for
Diary of a Country Priest
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Germaine Kerjean
Mrs. Kermeis
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Daniel Ivernel
François Guillen
Known for
Borsalino and Co.
Ulysses
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Pierre
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Godard Mon Amour
Kill the Referee
Jean d'Yd
Corentin Gourvennec
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The Passion of Joan of Arc
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Raphaël Patorni
Jules
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Jean Delannoy Director · Pierre Bost Screenplay Jean Aurenche Screenplay
United States release March 26, 1951 · Produced in France · Original title Dieu a besoin des hommes
Production
Transcontinental Films
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Dieu a besoin des hommes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 1950
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · October 3, 1950
Theatrical
United States · March 26, 1951
Theatrical
Belgium
March 2, 1951 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 15, 1951 · Theatrical
Finland
March 4, 1955 · Theatrical
Germany
June 17, 1951 · Theatrical
April 10, 1952 · Theatrical · West Germany
Mexico
January 21, 1953 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 31, 1952 · Theatrical
South Africa
October 29, 1951 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 6, 1952 · Theatrical
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