Movie: Priest Daens

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Jan Decleir
Jan Decleir

Adolf Daens

Gérard Desarthe
Gérard Desarthe

Charles Woeste

Antje De Boeck
Antje De Boeck

Nette Scholliers

Michaël Pas
Michaël Pas

Jan De Meeter

Karel Baetens
Karel Baetens

Jefke

Julien Schoenaerts
Julien Schoenaerts

Bisschop Stillemans

Wim Meuwissen
Wim Meuwissen

Pieter Daens

Brit Alen
Brit Alen

Louise Daens

Johan Leysen
Johan Leysen

Schmitt

Linda van Dyck
Linda van Dyck

Elizabeth Borremans

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    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.

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    1992-10-01

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