God Needs Men (1950)

6.5/10 • 100 min • Drama

Overview

The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the 19th-century Brittany, follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.

Cast

Pierre Fresnay

Thomas Gourvennec

Madeleine Robinson

Jeanne Gourvennec

Daniel Gélin

Joseph Le Berre

Andrée Clément

Scholastique Kerneis

Jean Brochard

Abbot Kerhervé

Sylvie

Coise Karbacen

Antoine Balpêtré

Father Gourvennec

Daniel Ivernel

François Guillen

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Pierre

Jean d'Yd

Corentin Gourvennec

Raphaël Patorni

Jules

Marcel Delaître

Monsieur Kerneis

Fernand-René

Yves Lannuzel

Albert Michel

Le Bail

René Génin

Yvon's father

Jean Carmet

Yvon

Jérôme Goulven

Brigadier

Charles Bouillaud

Gendarme

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