Thérèse Martin (1939)
Directed by Maurice de Canonge

Biography / Drama
aka: Saint Theresa of Lisieux

Film Synopsis

From her childhood, Thérèse Martin knew that she was destined to become a nun.  As she begins adolescence, her conviction grows, but she is too young to join a convent.  She must wait until she is 16 before she is finally accepted into the Carmelite order, where she will remain until her death eight years layer, from tuberculosis.  In 1925, she will be canonised.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Maurice de Canonge
  • Script: Henry Dupuis-Mazuel, Maurice Gleize, Robert Hennion
  • Cinematographer: Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
  • Music: Jacques Ibert
  • Cast: Irène Corday (Thérèse Martin), Geneviève Callix (Elisabeth d'Estranges), Madeleine Soria (Mme. d'Estranges), Marthe Mellot (La supérieure), André Marnay (M. André Martin), Marthe Mancelle (Mme. Martin), Lucien Gallas (Le docteur Dartès), Camille Bert (Le docteur Carnière), Noël Roquevert (Le colonel d'Estranges), Raymond Aimos (Joseph), Georges Saillard (L'abbé), Colette Borelli (Thérèse enfant), Pierre Feuillère (Maître Moumelon), Yvonne Broussard (Céline Martin), Janine Borelli (Pauline), Solange Turenne (Pauline enfant), Robert Moor (M. Guérin), Geno Ferny (Firmin), Nicholas Malikov (Pope Leo XIII), Jacques Berlioz
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: Saint Theresa of Lisieux

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