The Song of Bernadette

The Song of Bernadette (1943)

U
09/04/2012 (GB)
Drama
2h 36m

Here is greatness... wonder... and majesty... no human words can describe!

Overview

In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the Virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.

  • Henry KingDirector
  • George SeatonScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $2,000,000

Keywords

  • france
  • countryside
  • based on novel or book
  • nun
  • southern france
  • miracle
  • biography
  • vision
  • religion
  • church
  • catholic
  • lourdes france
  • convent (nunnery)
  • virgin mary
  • 19th century
  • covenant
  • spring (water)

Top Billed Cast

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

Bernadette

William Eythe

William Eythe

Antoine Nicolau

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Father Peyramale

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Prosecutor Vital Dutour

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Dr. Dozous

Gladys Cooper

Gladys Cooper

Sister Marie Therese Vauzous

Anne Revere

Anne Revere

Louise Soubirous

Roman Bohnen

Roman Bohnen

François Soubirous

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson

Jeanne Abadie

Patricia Morison

Patricia Morison

Empress Eugenie

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