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The Song of Bernadette is a american film of genre Drama directed by Henry King released in USA on 21 december 1943 with Jennifer Jones
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
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Add to a movie listThe Song of Bernadette is a 1943 drama film that tells the story of Bernadette Soubirous (later, Sainte Bernadette), who, from February to July 1858 in Lourdes, France, reported eighteen visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was directed by Henry King.
The film was adapted by George Seaton from the 1941 novel The Song of Bernadette, written by Franz Werfel. The novel was extremely popular, spending more than a year on The New York Times Best Seller list and thirteen weeks heading the list. The story was also turned into a Broadway play, which opened at the Belasco Theatre in March 1943.
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François Soubirous (Roman Bohnen), a former miller now unemployed, is forced to take odd jobs and live at the city jail with his wife (Anne Revere), his two sons, and his two daughters. One morning he goes to find work, and is told to take contaminated trash from the hospital and dump it in the cave at Massabielle.Actors
Jennifer Jones
(Bernadette)
William Eythe
(Antoine Nicolau)
Charles Bickford
(Father Peyramale)
Vincent Price
(Prosecutor Vital Dutour)
Lee J. Cobb
(Dr. Dozous)
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