Priest Daens

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.

Jan Decleir

Gérard Desarthe

Antje De Boeck

Michaël Pas

Karel Baetens

Julien Schoenaerts

Wim Meuwissen

Brit Alen

Johan Leysen

Linda van Dyck

Idwig Stephane

Jappe Claes

Brenda Bertin

Alex Wilequet

Fred Van Kuyk

Herbert Flack

Rik Hancké

Matthias Schoenaerts

Anna Grażyna Suchocka

Iwona Hofman

Julia Banaszkiewicz

Brunon Bukowski

Andrzej Głoskowski

Sławomir Maciejewski

Leon Niemczyk

Tadeusz Teodorczyk

Ludwik Benoit

Genowefa Korska

Mirosław Jękot

Dariusz Kowalski

Jacek Łuczak

Tadeusz Falana

Jacek Sut

Barbara Połomska

Wiesława Grochowska