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Priest Daens is a french film of genre Drama directed by Stijn Coninx released in USA on 1 october 1992 with Jan Decleir
Priest Daens (1992)
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Add to a movie listDaens is a 1992 Belgian film directed by Stijn Coninx, after a novel by Louis Paul Boon. This 1992 drama starring Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck and Michael Pas, tells the true story of Adolf Daens, a Catholic priest in Aalst who strives to improve the miserable working conditions in the local factories. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992.
In 2008 the film's screenplay was adapted into a stage musical.
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Le film relate la vie de l'abbé Adolf Daens, un prêtre catholique flamand, désireux d'aider la classe ouvrière miséreuse des années 1880 à Alost dans leur lutte sociale contre Charles Woeste.Actors
Jan Decleir
(Adolf Daens)
Gérard Desarthe
(Charles Woeste)
Antje De Boeck
(Nette Scholliers)
Johan Leysen
(Schmitt)
Linda van Dyck
(Elizabeth Borremans)
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