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Overview

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7.7/10   1,971 votes
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Director:
Writers:
George Seaton (screenplay)
Franz Werfel (novel)
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Release Date:
April 1945 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Here is greatness . . . wonder . . . and majesty . . . no human words can describe!
Plot:
In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations more
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A story of unrelenting faith more (52 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
William Eythe ... Antoine Nicolau
Charles Bickford ... Father Peyramale

Vincent Price ... Prosecutor Vital Dutour

Lee J. Cobb ... Dr. Dozous
Gladys Cooper ... Sister Marie Therese Vauzous

Anne Revere ... Louise Soubirous
Roman Bohnen ... François Soubirous
Mary Anderson ... Jeanne Abadie
Patricia Morison ... Empress Eugenie
Aubrey Mather ... Mayor Lacade
Charles Dingle ... Jacomet
Edith Barrett ... Croisine Bouhouhorts
Sig Ruman ... Louis Bouriette
Blanche Yurka ... Aunt Bernarde Casterot
Ermadean Walters ... Marie Soubirous
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Franz Werfel's The Song of Bernadette (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
156 min | 158 min (copyright length)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Franz Werfel's book was published in 1942. 20th Century-Fox wasted no time in snapping up the rights. It was the studio's most ambitious and, at $2 million, its most expensive production of 1943. more
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Continuity: At the beginning of the movie it is almost the end of February, and the "lady" tells Bernadette to come for 15 days. When the baby is healed, the doctor says it is the 26th of August. more
Quotes:
Bernadette: Your Reverence, I DID see her.
Peyramale: Yes, my child, you did. And you will see her again.
Bernadette: Perhaps I haven't suffered enough.
Peyramale: You've suffered enough, my child, for the Heaven of Heavens.
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12 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
A story of unrelenting faith, 30 December 2004
9/10
Author: AppleBlossom from Australia

The 'Song of Bernadette' gives us (as viewers) a little insight into the life of one of the best known saints in the Catholic religion….'St Bernadette'. It was from Bernadette's efforts and deep faith, the spring of healing waters at Lourdes were given to us. From Our Lady and through Bernadette the spring started to flow….to this very day it continues to help the faithful who are sick and disabled.

A beautifully scripted film, it tells the story of Bernadette Soubirous, a young French girl who was chosen above all others to bestow her eyes on the Mother of Christ. One day in a grotto in the province of Lourdes France she has a vision of Our Lady – The Immaculate Conception. The Story follows her journey from poor peasant girl till she enters the convent.

One of the many reasons why I love this film is because of the sincerity and unrelenting faith one person can have, faced with so much doubt and ridicule shown by others. The performance of Jennifer Jones is flawless, proved in the fact she received an Oscar for her efforts. The other cast members were brilliant too; each individual character portrayed their role with conviction. So many wonderful actors; Anne Revere, Vincent Price, Charles Bickford, Lee J. Cobb and Gladys Cooper in support. The production, especially the set designs give a realism to the actual time period of France in the 1800's. Altogether this film accumulated 4 Academy Awards, and 3 of them unsurprisingly going to production; Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Musical Score. I give it a well deserved 9/10.

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