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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%. Scores higher than 72% of the 429 1940s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 36m.
Synopsis
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
134 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry KingDirector
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- George SeatonScreenplay
Cast
- Jennifer JonesBernadette
- William EytheAntoine Nicolau
- Charles BickfordFather Peyramale
- Vincent PriceProsecutor Vital Dutour
- Lee J. CobbDr. Dozous
- Gladys CooperSister Marie Therese Vauzous
- Anne RevereLouise Soubirous
- Roman BohnenFrançois Soubirous
- Mary AndersonJeanne Abadie
- Patricia MorisonEmpress Eugenie
- Aubrey MatherMayor Lacade
- Charles DingleJacomet
Stills
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Themes
francecountrysidebased on novel or booknunsouthern francemiraclebiographyvisionreligionchurchcatholicconvent (nunnery)