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I Was a Parish Priest
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Wikipedia article
'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 Jos Marco Dav.Bentley p.121 It was awarded the Gran Premio at the first ever San Sebastin 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
* Claude Laydu as P. Andrs Mendoza
* Francisco Rabal as Martn
* Jos Marco Dav as Don Csar
* Fernando Sancho as Barrona
* Grard Tichy as El Negro
* Alberto Romea
* Carmen Rodrguez
* Ricardo Calvo
* Julia Caba Alba as Hermana de D. Csar
* Flix Dafauce
* Milagros Leal
* Mariano Azaa as Fermn, el cartero
* Jos Seplveda
*Manuel Kayser
* Arturo Marn
* Jos Manuel Martn
* Jos Miguel Rupert
* Flix Briones
* Mara Eugenia Escriv as Margarita
* Jaime Blanch as Daniel
* Carlos Acevedo as Nio
* Juan Jos Vidal as Nio
References
Bibliography
* Bentley, Bernard. 'A Companion to Spanish Cinema'. Boydell & Brewer 2008.
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