The Song of Bernadette

“Here is greatness... wonder... and majesty... no human words can describe!”

7.0(126)19432h 36m

Drama

In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.

Director

Henry King

Budget

$2.0M

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Cast

Jennifer Jones

Bernadette

William Eythe

Antoine Nicolau

Charles Bickford

Father Peyramale

Vincent Price

Prosecutor Vital Dutour

Lee J. Cobb

Dr. Dozous

Gladys Cooper

Sister Marie Therese Vauzous

Anne Revere

Louise Soubirous

Roman Bohnen

François Soubirous

Mary Anderson

Jeanne Abadie

Patricia Morison

Empress Eugenie

Aubrey Mather

Mayor Lacade

Charles Dingle

Jacomet

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

Jennifer Jones turns in an engaging performance as the eponymous girl, living in mid-19th Century France, who claims to have received divine communications in a grotto near her local village of Lourdes. Unsurprisingly, she faces a fairly sceptical clergy and state but her fellow villagers lap it all up. That enthusiasm soon spreads and soon - like it or not - she is a phenomenon that has drawn the...