Daens

Daens

🎞️ Movie 138 min BE
โ˜… 7.5 /10 1992

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.

Cast

Jan Decleir
Jan Decleir
Adolf Daens
Gérard Desarthe
Gérard Desarthe
Charles Woeste
Antje de Boeck
Antje de Boeck
Nette Scholliers
Michael Pas
Michael Pas
Jan De Meeter
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Karel Baetens
Jefke
Julien Schoenaerts
Julien Schoenaerts
Bishop Stillemans
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Wim Meuwissen
Pieter Daens
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Brit Alen
Louise Daens
Johan Leysen
Johan Leysen
Schmitt
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Idwig Stéphane
Eugene Borremans
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Dirk Brossé
Composer
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Walther van den Ende
Cinematographer