Priest Daens
Directed by Stijn ConinxIn the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
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Daens was released on October 1, 1992.
Daens was directed by Stijn Coninx.
Daens has a runtime of 2 hr 18 min.
Daens was produced by Hans Pos, Jean-Luc Ormières, Dirk Impens, Dave Schram, Maria Peters.
The key characters in Daens are Adolf Daens (Jan Decleir), Charles Woeste (Gérard Desarthe), Nette Scholliers (Antje De Boeck).
Daens is a Drama, History, Biography film.
Daens has an audience rating of 8.1 out of 10.