Le Défroqué
1954 Drama   

 

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  Director: Léo Joannon
Starring: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Trabaud, Nicole Stéphane, Marcelle Géniat, Jacques Fabbri

Synopsis
In 1945, Gérard Lacassagne meets Maurice Morand, a defrocked priest, in a German prisoner-of-war camp.  Through his contact with this strange individual, Gérard finds he has a vocation to become a priest.  When Maurice publishes a book called 33 Years Jesus, 2000 Years Judas, the Church is outraged because Maurice claims that it has betrayed everything that Jesus Christ taught.  Back home, Gérard’s family and his fiancée Catherine refuse to accept his decision to become a priest and actively try to stop him by informing the Church authorities of his friendship with Maurice.  Learning that Catherine has betrayed him, Gérard makes up his mind to train for the priesthood, under a friend of Maurice.
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

Credits
  • Director: Léo Joannon
  • Script: Denys de La Patellière, Léo Joannon, Roland Laudenbach
  • Photo: Nikolai Toporkoff
  • Music: Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
  • Cast: Pierre Fresnay (Maurice Morand), Pierre Trabaud (Gérard Lacassagne), Nicole Stéphane (Catherine Grandpré), Marcelle Géniat (Mme. Morand), Jacques Fabbri (L’ordonnance), Abel Jacquin (Le père supérieur), Georges Lannes (Le colonel), Renaud Mary (L’antiquaire), Guy Decomble (Le père Mascle), René Havard (Un officier), Christian Lude (Le chanoine Jusseaume), Léo Joannon (Le chanoine Jousseaume), Olivier Darrieux (Edoard), Sylvie Février (La soeur de Gérard), René Blancard (M. Lacassagne)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 107 min; B&W
  • Aka: The Unfrocked One



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