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Director:

Stijn Coninx

Writers:

Louis Paul Boon (novel)
François Chevallier (writer)
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Release Date:

25 February 1993 (Netherlands) more

Plot:

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination more

User Comments:

Stirring and powerful. more (13 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jan Decleir ... Adolf Daens
Gérard Desarthe ... Charles Woeste
Antje de Boeck ... Nette Scholliers
Michael Pas ... Jan De Meeter
Karel Baetens ... Jefke
Julien Schoenaerts ... Bishop Stillemans
Wim Meuwissen ... Pieter Daens
Brit Alen ... Louise Daens
Johan Leysen ... Schmitt
Idwig Stephane ... Eugene Borremans
Linda van Dyck ... Elizabeth Borremans (as Linda van Dijck)
Jappe Claes ... Ponnet
Brenda Bertin ... Marie
Alex Wilequet ... Monsignor Goossens
Rik Hancké ... Nuncio
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Priest Daens (International: English title)
Priester Daens (Netherlands)
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Runtime:

UK:138 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Filming Locations:

Aalst, Belgium more


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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Musical daens (2008) (V) more


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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Stirring and powerful., 21 November 1999
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Author: James B. from madison, wi.

Jan Decleir stars as the real-life populist preacher Father Daens, who helped textile workers in Europe struggle for justice in the late 19th century. This is a very moving and powerful film which squarely takes on many problems which our modern industrial societies have inherited from the Industrial Revolution.

Especially heartbreaking and infuriating are the scenes which juxtapose young factory children being overworked, abused and mangled by the textile machines with rich and powerful nobles around their sumptuous dinner tables. The emotional high point of the film, for me, came when Daens gives an impromptu speech in a church, shouting out, "People scream, 'we are hungry!' Loud and clear!" It is difficult not to be emotionally caught by such a scene.

Father Daens ultimately shows in this film what Gandhi told someone: that one's religion is in one's actions, not in one's words, clothes or wealth.

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