Film

Bernadette of Lourdes

1961 · 1h 42m · Drama

The True Story of Saint Bernadette

IMDb

6.9

This modest, unpretentious French film is a streamlined version of the true story previously cinematized as The Song of Bernadette (1943). Daniele Ajort plays the simple 19th-century French peasant girl who insists that she has experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary. Once this sighting becomes common knowledge, Bernadette's very existence becomes a religious and political hot potato. Thousands of people flock to the grotto at Lourdes where Bernadette claims she has seen the Holy Mother, believing that the waters therein contain recuperative powers. Bernadette dies under a cloud of controversy, but is ultimately elevated to sainthood by the Vatican.

Danièle Ajoret

Bernadette Soubirous

Bernard Lajarrige

François Soubirous

Madeleine Sologne

Madame Soubirous

Henri Nassiet

Le curé Peyramale

Jean-Jacques Delbo

Le commissaire Jacomet

Renaud Mary

Monseigneur Forcade

Nadine Alari

Mère Marie-Thérèse

• Robert DarèneDirector
• Gilbert CesbronWriter
• Georges de La GrandièreProducer
• Margaret Le FèvreProducer
• Marcel WeissDirector of Photography
• Maurice ThirietOriginal Music Composer
• Germaine ArtusEditor

Release date

January 1, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama