God Needs Men (1950)
The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.
Director:
Jean Delannoy
Writers:
Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost.
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Pierre Fresnay as Thomas Gourvennec |
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Madeleine Robinson as Jeanne Gourvennec |
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Daniel Gélin as Joseph Le Berre |
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Andrée Clément as Scholastique Kerneis |
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Jean Brochard as Abbot Kerhervé |
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Sylvie as Coise Karbacen |
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Antoine Balpêtré as Father Gourvennec |
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Germaine Kerjean as Mrs. Kermeis |
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Daniel Ivernel as François Guillen |
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Jean-Pierre Mocky as Pierre |
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Jean d'Yd as Corentin Gourvennec |
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Raphaël Patorni as Jules |
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Marcel Delaître as Monsieur Kerneis |
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Fernand René as Yves Lannuzel |
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Albert Michel as Le Bail |
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René Génin as Yvon's father |
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Jean Carmet as Yvon |
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Jérôme Goulven as Brigadier |
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Cécyl Marcyl as Old woman |
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Charles Bouillaud as Gendarme |
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Jean Favre-Bertin as |
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Pierre Moncorbier as Fisherman |
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Lucienne Bogaert as Anaïs Le Berre |
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Marcelle Géniat as Mother Gourvennec |
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Louise Andrès as (uncredited) |
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Georges Cerf as (uncredited) |
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Jeanne Herviale as (uncredited) |
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Pierre Latour as (uncredited) |
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Serge Lecointe as (uncredited) |
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Christian Martaguet as (uncredited) |
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Henri Maïk as (uncredited) |
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Pierre Salas as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean Delannoy | Director |
| Writing | Henri Queffélec | Novel |
| Writing | Jean Aurenche | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pierre Bost | Screenplay |
| Camera | Robert Lefebvre | Director of Photography |
| Sound | René Cloërec | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Roger Forster | Still Photographer |