Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
Plot.
The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin to do so. After spending some time with him, the relationship with her confessor turns into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire.
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Cast & Crew.
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Léon Morin
Emmanuelle Riva
Barny
Irène Tunc
Christine Sangredin
Nicole Mirel
Sabine Levy
Gisèle Grimm
Lucienne
Marco Behar
Edelman
Marc Eyraud
Anton
Monique Hennessy
Arlette
Edith Loria
Danielle Holdenberg
Monique Bertho
Marion
Nina Grégoire
Simone Vannier
Secretary
Lucienne Marchand
Secretary
Nelly Pitorre
Secretary
Ernest Varial
Director
Chantal Gozzi
Young France
Pierre Gurgo-Salice
Producer
Patricia Gozzi
Old France
Marielle Gozzi
Adult France
Cédric Grant
American Soldier
George Lambert
American Soldier
Gérard Buhr
Gunther
Howard Vernon
Colonel
Volker Schlöndorff
German Soldier (uncredited) / Assistant Director
Claude Achard
(uncredited)
Adeline Aucoc
Old Lady (uncredited)
Maurice Auzel
Man in St Bernard Church (uncredited)
André Badin
(uncredited)
Madeleine Ganne
Betty (uncredited)
Louis Saintève
Man (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Director / Writer
Béatrix Beck
Novel
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Georges de Beauregard
Producer
Jacqueline Meppiel
Editor
Jacqueline Parey
Assistant Director
Bertrand Tavernier
Assistant Director
Nadine Trintignant
Assistant Editor
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Assistant Editor
Luc Andrieux
First Assistant Director
Guy Villette
Sound
Jacques Maumont
Sound Mixer
Jean Rabier
Camera Operator
Donald Cardwell
Assistant Art Director
Christine Fornelli
Makeup Artist
Albert Raisner
Musician
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
Martial Solal
Original Music Composer
Daniel Guéret
Production Design
Renée Liques
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 22, 1961
Original NameLéon Morin, prêtre
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
world war ii
widow
faith
atheist
catholic priest
occupied france
confessional
nouvelle vague
Wiki.
Léon Morin, Priest (French: Léon Morin, prêtre) is a 1961 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It was adapted by Melville from Béatrix Beck's novel The Passionate Heart (French: Léon Morin, prêtre), which won the Prix Goncourt in 1952. Set during WWII in Occupied France, the film stars Emmanuelle Riva as a jaded, lapsed Catholic mother and widow of a Jewish husband, who finds herself falling in love with a young, altruistic priest, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo.
For his work in the film, Belmondo was nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actor.
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