The Song of Bernadette poster
Screenplay George Seaton
Director Henry King

The Song of Bernadette

Drama1943

Tagline: Here is greatness... wonder... and majesty... no human words can describe!

Release Date: 1943-12-21

Duration: 156 minutes

Synopsis

In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the Virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.

Casting

  • Vincent Price
    Prosecutor Vital Dutour
  • Gladys Cooper
    Sister Marie Therese Vauzous
  • Mae Marsh
    Madame Blanche - Townswoman (uncredited)
  • Lee J. Cobb
    Dr. Dozous
  • Linda Darnell
    The Virgin Mary (uncredited)
  • Jennifer Jones
    Bernadette
  • Marcel Dalio
    Callet
  • Patricia Morison
    Empress Eugenie
  • Anne Revere
    Louise Soubirous
  • Charles Bickford
    Father Peyramale