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directed by

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and starring

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, Marie-France Planeze and René Blancard. It was shot in Guinea and

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.Crisp p.157 The film is in

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Cast

as Père Jean Maurel * Marie-France Planèze as Geneviève * René Blancard as Rouhaut *

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as Brother Timothée *

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as Père Duval *

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as Père Gauthier *

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* Claude Cerval *

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* Johnny Rieu *

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References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958''. Indiana University Press, 2015.

External links

* 1955 films French drama films 1955 drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Maurice Cloche Films scored by Michel Michelet 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub