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God Needs Men

6.519501h 40mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorJean Delannoy
WritersJean Aurenche·Pierre Bost
ProducerPaul Graetz

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Cast · Directed by Jean Delannoy

PFPierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay
Thomas Gourvennec
MRMadeleine Robinson
Madeleine Robinson
Jeanne Gourvennec
DGDaniel Gélin
Daniel Gélin
Joseph Le Berre
ACAndrée Clément
Andrée Clément
Scholastique Kerneis
JBJean Brochard
Jean Brochard
Abbot Kerhervé
SSylvie
Sylvie
Coise Karbacen
ABAntoine Balpêtré
Antoine Balpêtré
Father Gourvennec
GK
Germaine Kerjean
Mrs. Kermeis
DIDaniel Ivernel
Daniel Ivernel
François Guillen
JMJean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Pierre
JDJean d'Yd
Jean d'Yd
Corentin Gourvennec
RPRaphaël Patorni
Raphaël Patorni
Jules

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