Le dialogue des Carmélites
In full French Revolution, the young Blanche de la Force decides to protect a convent and so entered the Carmelite order. She meets the cheerful nun Sister Constance and mother Marie, among others, and is happy with them despite the external conflicts and pressures of his father to leave the convent. Film based on real and tragic story from the sixteen Carmelite nuns in the convent of Compiègne in 1794, and collected by the French writer Georges Bernanos in his play of the same name, which in turn was inspired by the piece "The Last of the scaffold" the writer Gertrud von Le Fort.
Cast
Jeanne Moreau
Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Alida Valli
Mère Thérèse de Saint-Augustin
Madeleine Renaud
La première prieure
Pascale Audret
Soeur Blanche de l'Agonie du Christ (Blanche de la Force)
Pierre Brasseur
Le commissaire de la République
Jean-Louis Barrault
Le mime
Anne Doat
Soeur Constance de Saint-Denis (Marie-Geneviève Meunier)
Georges Wilson
L'aumônier du Carmel
Pierre Bertin
Le marquis de la Force
Claude Laydu
Le Chevalier de la Force
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Jean Françaix
Composer
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André Bac
Cinematographer