Le Dialogue des Carmélites
1960 Drama   

 

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  Director: Philippe Agostini, Raymond Leopold Bruckberger
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli, Madeleine Renaud, Pascale Audret, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis
In May 1789, two young women enter a Carmelite convent in the town of Compiègne, France.  One of the girls, Sister Constance,  is a happy soul who willingly offers herself up to the austere life of the community.  The other, Sister Blanche, is fearful and obsessed with death.  Not long after the revolution begins, Sister Blanche’s brother, an aristocrat, seeks refuge in the convent.  When the republican police discover this, the two novice sisters are pursued and ultimately brought to trial...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

Credits
  • Director: Philippe Agostini, Raymond Leopold Bruckberger
  • Script: Philippe Agostini, Georges Bernanos, Raymond Leopold Bruckberger, Gertrud von Le Fort (novel)
  • Photo: André Bac
  • Music: Jean Françaix
  • Cast: Jeanne Moreau (Mère Marie de l’Incarnation), Alida Valli (Mère Thérèse de Saint-Augustin), Madeleine Renaud (La prieure), Pascale Audret (Blanche de la Force), Pierre Brasseur (Le commissaire du peuple), Jean-Louis Barrault (Le mime), Anne Doat (Soeur Constance de Saint-Denis), Georges Wilson (L’aumônier du Carmel), Pierre Bertin (Le marquis de la Force), Pascale de Boysson (Soeur Cécile), Daniel Ceccaldi, Paula Dehelly (Soeur Catherine)
  • Country: France / Italy
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 112 min; B&W
  • Aka: Dialogue with the Carmelites; The Carmelites



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