
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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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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