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
Antje De Boeck
as Nette Scholliers
Herbert Flack
as Van Langenhove (Liberaal)
Sławomir Maciejewski
as Gendarmerie Officer
Leon Niemczyk
as Commission Member
Jacek Sut
as Gang Member
Julien Schoenaerts
as Bisschop Stillemans
Brunon Bukowski
as Commission Member
Ludwik Benoit
as Man beside Nini's Corpse
Jan Decleir
as Adolf Daens
Fred Van Kuyk
as Burgemeester Van Wambeke
Michaël Pas
as Jan De Meeter
Anna Grażyna Suchocka
as Julia
Gérard Desarthe
as Charles Woeste
Linda van Dyck
as Elizabeth Borremans
Idwig Stephane
as Eugene Borremans
Jappe Claes
as Ponnet
Andrzej Głoskowski
as Commission Member
Johan Leysen
as Schmitt
Matthias Schoenaerts
as Wannes Scholliers
Tadeusz Falana
as Gang Member
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
as Commission Member
Dariusz Kowalski
as Gang Member
Barbara Połomska
as Woman giving out Soup
Crew
Yan Tax
Costume Design
Dave Schram
Producer
Job Gosschalk
Casting
Henri Morelle
Sound Engineer
Robert Brzeziński
Stunt Coordinator
Maria Peters
Producer
Hans Pos
Producer
Stijn Coninx
Director, Writer
Louis Paul Boon
Novel
Jean-Luc Ormières
Producer
Allan Starski
Production Design
Benoît Biral
Sound Recordist
Dirk Brossé
Music
Philippe van Leer
Foley Artist