I Was a Parish Priest

1953 film by Rafael Gil
Produced byManuel J. GoyanesStarring
CinematographyAlfredo FraileEdited byJosé Antonio RojoMusic byJoaquín Rodrigo
Production
company
Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas
Distributed byCIFESA
Release date
  • 30 September 1953 (1953-09-30)
Running time
96 minutesCountrySpainLanguageSpanish

I Was a Parish Priest or God's War (Spanish: La guerra de Dios) is a 1953 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Claude Laydu, Francisco Rabal and José Marco Davó.[1] It was awarded the Gran Premio at the first ever San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was also shown at the Venice Film Festival where it was awarded the Bronze Lion.

It portrays the efforts of a young Priest sent to a poor mining village in the early 1930s.

Synopsis

A priest receives as his first assignment the parish of a mining town, beset by poverty. In this area he will focus all his forces to overcome the resentment accumulated by the miners towards the ecclesiastical profession.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bentley p.121

Bibliography

  • Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9.

External links

  • I Was a Parish Priest at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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