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The Song of Bernadette
Here is greatness... wonder... and majesty... no human words can describe!
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.
- Original title
- The Song of Bernadette
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- —
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Jun 26, 2022 · via TMDB
Jennifer Jones turns in an engaging performance as the eponymous girl, living in mid-19th Century France, who claims to have received divine communications in a grotto near her local village of Lourdes. Unsurprisingly, she faces a fairly sceptical clergy and state but her fellow villagers lap it all up. That enthusiasm soon spreads and soon - like it or not - she is a phenomenon that has drawn the attention of the Empress Eugenie herself. Her problems only worsen when she is finally accepted, and validated by her church and she takes up residence in a nunnery where she is respected and resented in pretty much equal measure. Cynics may cast aspersions on the reasons behind the casting of Jones in this film, but nobody could argue that her performance is anything other than perfect. She has an innocence that lends well to the plausibility of her charming, unassuming persona and of her pretty turbulent - and short - life too. Charles Bickford also delivers well as her initially suspicious parish priest as do local magistrate "Dutour" (Vincent Price) and doctor "Dozous" (Lee J. Cobb). The writing is maybe not the most significant element of the story, indeed it is a bit vapid at times, but the story quite successfully captivates even now, 80 years later.
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Jennifer Jones
Bernadette
William Eythe
Antoine Nicolau
Charles Bickford
Father Peyramale
Vincent Price
Prosecutor Vital Dutour
Lee J. Cobb
Dr. Dozous
Gladys Cooper
Sister Marie Therese Vauzous
Anne Revere
Louise Soubirous
Roman Bohnen
François Soubirous
Mary Anderson
Jeanne Abadie
Patricia Morison
Empress Eugenie
Aubrey Mather
Mayor Lacade
Charles Dingle
Jacomet
Edith Barrett
Croisine Bouhouhorts
Sig Ruman
Louis Bouriette
Blanche Yurka
Aunt Bernarde Casterot
Ermadean Walters
Marie Soubirous
Marcel Dalio
Callet
Pedro de Cordoba
Dr. LeCramps
Linda Darnell
The Virgin Mary (uncredited)
Edward Fielding
Doctor with Empress' Baby (uncredited)
Fernanda Eliscu
Townswoman (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Policeman (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Madame Blanche - Townswoman (uncredited)
Alan Napier
Dr. Debeau
Tala Birell
Madame Leontine Bruat
Henry King
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Barbara McLean
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Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
George Seaton
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