Priest Daens (1992)

Priest Daens
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In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.

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Cast

Matthias Schoenaerts
as Wannes Scholliers
Michaël Pas
as Jan De Meeter
Johan Leysen
as Schmitt
Linda van Dyck
as Elizabeth Borremans
Jan Decleir
as Adolf Daens
Jappe Claes
as Ponnet
Leon Niemczyk
as Commission Member
Fred Van Kuyk
as Burgemeester Van Wambeke
Antje De Boeck
as Nette Scholliers
Herbert Flack
as Van Langenhove (Liberaal)
Ludwik Benoit
as Man beside Nini's Corpse
Julien Schoenaerts
as Bisschop Stillemans
Idwig Stephane
as Eugene Borremans
Gérard Desarthe
as Charles Woeste
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
as Commission Member
Barbara Połomska
as Woman giving out Soup
Tadeusz Falana
as Gang Member
Jacek Sut
as Gang Member
Dariusz Kowalski
as Gang Member
Sławomir Maciejewski
as Gendarmerie Officer
Anna Grażyna Suchocka
as Julia
Andrzej Głoskowski
as Commission Member
Brunon Bukowski
as Commission Member

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