Priest Daens
Daens
Release: 1992-10-01
·Runtime: 138m
·★ 7.1
Drama
History
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
Production Countries
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Production Companies
Dérives Productions
Shooting Star Filmcompany
Favourite Films
Cast
Ludwik Benoit
as Man beside Nini's Corpse
Barbara Połomska
as Woman giving out Soup
Michaël Pas
as Jan De Meeter
Fred Van Kuyk
as Burgemeester Van Wambeke
Anna Grażyna Suchocka
as Julia
Sławomir Maciejewski
as Gendarmerie Officer
Idwig Stephane
as Eugene Borremans
Jappe Claes
as Ponnet
Antje De Boeck
as Nette Scholliers
Brunon Bukowski
as Commission Member
Herbert Flack
as Van Langenhove (Liberaal)
Dariusz Kowalski
as Gang Member
Tadeusz Falana
as Gang Member
Gérard Desarthe
as Charles Woeste
Linda van Dyck
as Elizabeth Borremans
Matthias Schoenaerts
as Wannes Scholliers
Andrzej Głoskowski
as Commission Member
Leon Niemczyk
as Commission Member
Jacek Sut
as Gang Member
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
as Commission Member
Jan Decleir
as Adolf Daens
Julien Schoenaerts
as Bisschop Stillemans
Johan Leysen
as Schmitt
Crew
Yan Tax
Costume Design
Maria Peters
Producer
Henri Morelle
Sound Engineer
Robert Brzeziński
Stunt Coordinator
Benoît Biral
Sound Recordist
Jean-Luc Ormières
Producer
Dirk Brossé
Music
Job Gosschalk
Casting
Allan Starski
Production Design
Hans Pos
Producer
Dave Schram
Producer
Louis Paul Boon
Novel
Philippe van Leer
Foley Artist
Stijn Coninx
Director, Writer