Bernadette of Lourdes

Director: Gilbert Cesbron, Robert Darene Gilbert Cesbron

Overview

This modest, unpretentious French film is a streamlined version of the true story previously cinematized as The Song of Bernadette (1943) Daniele Ajort plays the simple 19th-century French peasant girl who insists that she has experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary. Once this sighting becomes common knowledge, Bernadette's very existence becomes a religious and political hot potato. Thousands of people flock to the grotto at Lourdes where Bernadette claims she has seen the Holy Mother, believing that the waters therein contain recuperative powers. Bernadette dies under a cloud of controversy, but is ultimately elevated to sainthood by the Vatican.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/04/2007
UPC:	0089859851926
Original Release:	1961
Rating:	NR
Source:	MUSIC VIDEO DIST.***
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	37,868

Special Features

Scene selection; Trailers; Text features: the 67 cures at Lurdes recognized as miracles by the church; the prayer of Bernadette; making Bernadette as saint

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Daniele Ajoret	Actor
Nadine Alari	Actor
Robert Arnoux	Actor
Blanchette Brunoy	Actor
Jean Clarieux	Actor
Lise Delamare	Actor
Jean-Jacques Delbo	Actor
Francoise Engel	Actor
Michele Grellier	Actor
Bernard Lajarrige	Actor
Benaud Marie	Actor
Charles Moulin	Actor
Henri Nassiet	Actor
Francoise St. Laurent	Actor
Madeleine Sologne	Actor

Technical Credits

Gilbert Cesbron	Director
Robert Darene	Director
Georges de la Grandiere	Producer