Priest Daens
138 mins
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.
Karel Baetens
Jefke
Wim Meuwissen
Pieter Daens
Brit Alen
Louise Daens
Brenda Bertin
Marie
Alex Wilequet
Monsignor Goossens
Rik Hancké
Nuncio
Iwona Hofman
Clarice
Genowefa Korska
Lisette
Mirosław Jękot
Gang Member
Jacek Łuczak
Gang Member
Wiesława Grochowska
Woman giving out Soup
François Chevallier
Writer
Addy Weijers
Writer
Ryszard Chutkowski
Production Manager
Kris Vinck
Casting
Philippe Van Damme
Assistant Director
Benoît Theunissen
Key Grip
Guy De Lombaert
Production Manager
Fons Feyaerts
Assistant Director
Koen Firlefijn
Grip
Yves Vandermeeren
Camera Operator
Kristin Van Passel
Wardrobe Assistant
Dirk Impens
Producer
Didier Frateur
First Assistant Camera
Chris Hacken
Best Boy Electric
Jo van Hende
Assistant Location Manager
Eddy Stevesyns
Assistant Location Manager
Patrice Martineau
First Assistant Director
Guy Cantraine
Set Dresser
Bogdan Michalak
Stunt Coordinator
Walther van den Ende
Director of Photography
Ludo Troch
Editor
Johan Dirckx
Assistant Director
Guy Goossens
Assistant Director
Els Rastelli
Assistant Director
Miroslaw Marchwinski
Special Effects
Eric DeVos
Sound Editor
Daphni Gadellaa
Producer's Assistant
Ewin Ryckaert
Sound Assistant
Dirk van Rampelbergh
Electrician
Frank Jansen
Co-Producer
Hubert Pouille
Production Design
Winnie Gallis
Makeup Artist
Dick Naastepad
Hairstylist
Ann Van Aken
Sound Assistant
Glynn Speeckaert
Assistant Camera
Philippe Baudhuin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Philippe Ravoet
Sound Editor
Fernand Auwera
Scenario Writer
Jerzy Piaseczny
Unit Production Manager
Christian Monheim
Boom Operator
Ewa Skoczkowska
Art Direction