Bernadette of Lourdes
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“The True Story of Saint Bernadette”
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.
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Danièle Ajoret
Bernadette Soubirous
Known for
The Horse
Bernard Lajarrige
François Soubirous
Known for
La Traversée de Paris
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
Madeleine Sologne
Madame Soubirous
Also in
The Eternal Return
Le Dessous des cartes
Henri Nassiet
Le curé Peyramale
Known for
Bay of Angels
The Things of Life
Jean-Jacques Delbo
Le commissaire Jacomet
Known for
Perched on a Tree
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Renaud Mary
Monseigneur Forcade
Also in
Madame
Mathias Sandorf
Nadine Alari
Mère Marie-Thérèse
Known for
Have Mercy on Us All
The Adversary
Robert Darène Director · Gilbert Cesbron Writer Maurice Thiriet Composer
United States release January 1, 1961 · Produced in France · Production Edition et Diffusion Cinématographique (E.D.I.C.)
Production
Cinerez
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Edition et Diffusion Cinématographique (E.D.I.C.)
Production
France
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Original title
Il suffit d'aimer
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1961
Theatrical
France · February 4, 1961
Theatrical
Spain
April 16, 1962 · Theatrical
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