Dieu a besoin des hommes

1950 Drama

Credits

Director: Jean Delannoy
Script: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, Henri Queffelec (novel)
Photo: Robert Lefebvre
Music: René Cloërec
Cast: Pierre Fresnay (Thomas Gourvennec), Madeleine Robinson (Jeanne Gourvennec), Daniel Gélin (Joseph le Berre), Sylvie (Coise Karbacen), Antoine Balpêtré (Le père Gourvennec, un pêcheur), Jean d’Yd (Corentin Gourvennec), Andrée Clément (Scholastique Kerneis), Lucienne Bogaert (Anaïs Le Berre), Charles Bouillaud (Le gendarme), Jean Brochard (L’abbé Kerhervé), Jean Carmet (Yvon), Marcel Delaître (M. Kerneis), Marcelle Géniat (La mère Gourvennec), René Génin (Le père d’Yvon), Jérôme Goulven (Le brigadier), Daniel Ivernel (François Guillen), Germaine Kerjean (Mme Kerneis), Jean-Pierre Mocky (Pierre), Pierre Moncorbier (Un pêcheur), Raphaël Patorni (Jules), Fernand René (Yves Lannuzel)
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 100 min; B&W
Aka: God Needs Men; Isle of Sinners

Summary

The vicar of the island of Sein returns to the mainland, discouraged by the poor islanders who are driven to wreck passing boats and steal their cargo. These same islanders then put pressure on Thomas Gouvernec, a popular local fisherman, to take the place of the vicar, and he eventually agrees to stand in until a new priest can be found. Thomas then learns from his pregnant sister-in-law that the child she is about to give birth to is not that of his brother, but her lover...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

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