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The Unfrocked One is a french film of genre Drama directed by Léo Joannon with Pierre Fresnay

The Unfrocked One (1954)

The Unfrocked One
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Length 1h47
OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Rating58% 2.9471552.9471552.9471552.9471552.947155

The Unfrocked One (French: Le Défroqué) is a 1954 French drama film directed by Léo Joannon. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Bronze Berlin Bear award.

Synopsis

En 1945, à l’Oflag XIII, l'aumônier du camp est mourant. Il révèle qu'un des prisonniers lui a fait savoir qu'il avait été prêtre et demande sans l'obliger à recevoir l’extrême-onction. Par humanité, Maurice Morand dévoile son secret à ses codétenus et donne le sacrement au mourant. Un des détenus, Gérard Lacassagne, influencé par sa rencontre avec Morand, décide de consacrer sa vie à l’Église.

Actors

Pierre Fresnay

(Maurice Morand)
Pierre Trabaud

(Gérard Lacassagne)
Nicole Stéphane

(Catherine Grandpré)
Marcelle Géniat

(Mme Morand)
Jacques Fabbri

(L'ordonnance)
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