Priest Daens

Priest Daens was released on October 1, 1992.

Priest Daens was directed by Stijn Coninx.

Priest Daens has a runtime of 2h 18m.

Priest Daens was produced by Dirk Impens, Jean-Luc Ormières, Maria Peters, Hans Pos, Dave Schram.

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.

The key characters in Priest Daens are Adolf Daens (Jan Decleir), Charles Woeste (Gérard Desarthe), Nette Scholliers (Antje De Boeck).

Priest Daens is a Drama, History, Biography film.

Priest Daens has an audience rating of 8.1 out of 10.