Monsieur Vincent
1947 History / Drama   
 

Credits
  • Director: Maurice Cloche
  • Script: Jean Bernard-Luc, Jean Anouilh, Maurice Cloche
  • Photo: Claude Renoir
  • Music: Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
  • Cast: Pierre Fresnay (Vincent de Paul), Aimé Clariond (Le cardinal de Richelieu), Jean Debucourt (Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi, comte de Joigny), Lise Delamare (Françoise Marguerite), Germaine Dermoz (La reine Anne d’Autriche), Gabrielle Dorziat (La présidente Groussault), Pierre Dux (Le chancelier Séguier), Yvonne Gaudeau (Louise de Marillac), Michel Bouquet (Le tuberculeux), Jean Carmet (L’abbé Pontail)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 111 min; B&W

 
Summary
In plague-ravaged 17th Century Europe, Saint Vincent de Paul devotes himself to his mission of persuading the wealthy to improve the fortunes of the poor.  From humble beginnings (having lived the early part of his life in captivity and slavery), Saint Vincent de Paul starts out as a humble priest.  Struck by the suffering of the poor and the indifference of the nobility, he takes it upon himself to convince the latter of their obligation to help those who are worse off than themselves...

Review
This compelling portrait of St Vincent de Paul, a strikingly humanist work, features Pierre Fresnay in arguably his best film  performance.  The film has the distinction of being the first French language film to win an Academy Award (in 1948).

© James Travers 2002



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