Overview
The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the 19th-century Brittany, follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Finistère
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Music
Music by René Cloërec
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Robert Lefebvre
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Henri QueffélecNovel
- Jean AurencheScreenplay
- Pierre BostScreenplay
- Original title
- Dieu a besoin des hommes
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 3, 1950
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
Production
Cast
Pierre FresnayThomas Gourvennec
Madeleine RobinsonJeanne Gourvennec
Daniel GélinJoseph Le Berre
Andrée ClémentScholastique Kerneis
Jean BrochardAbbot Kerhervé
SylvieCoise Karbacen
Antoine BalpêtréFather Gourvennec- Germaine KerjeanMrs. Kermeis
Daniel IvernelFrançois Guillen
Jean-Pierre MockyPierre
Jean d'YdCorentin Gourvennec
Raphaël PatorniJules
Marcel DelaîtreMonsieur Kerneis
Fernand RenéYves Lannuzel
Albert MichelLe Bail
René GéninYvon's father
Jean CarmetYvon
Jérôme GoulvenBrigadier- Cécyl MarcylOld woman
Charles BouillaudGendarme
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