Priest Daens by Stijn Coninx
7.10
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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Cast
Jan Decleir as Adolf Daens
Gérard Desarthe as Charles Woeste
Antje De Boeck as Nette Scholliers
Michaël Pas as Jan De Meeter
Karel Baetens as Jefke
Julien Schoenaerts as Bisschop Stillemans
Wim Meuwissen as Pieter Daens
Brit Alen as Louise Daens
Johan Leysen as Schmitt
Linda van Dyck as Elizabeth Borremans
Idwig Stephane as Eugene Borremans
Jappe Claes as Ponnet
Brenda Bertin as Marie
Alex Wilequet as Monsignor Goossens
Fred Van Kuyk as Burgemeester Van Wambeke
Herbert Flack as Van Langenhove (Liberaal)
Rik Hancké as Nuncio
Matthias Schoenaerts as Wannes Scholliers
Anna Grażyna Suchocka as Julia
Iwona Hofman as Clarice
Julia Banaszkiewicz as Nini
Brunon Bukowski as Commission Member
Andrzej Głoskowski as Commission Member
Sławomir Maciejewski as Gendarmerie Officer
Leon Niemczyk as Commission Member
Tadeusz Teodorczyk as Commission Member
Ludwik Benoit as Man beside Nini's Corpse
Genowefa Korska as Lisette
Mirosław Jękot as Gang Member
Dariusz Kowalski as Gang Member
Jacek Łuczak as Gang Member
Tadeusz Falana as Gang Member
Jacek Sut as Gang Member
Barbara Połomska as Woman giving out Soup
Wiesława Grochowska as Woman giving out Soup
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