Monsieur Vincent is a 1947 French film about Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century priest and charity worker. It depicts his struggle to help the poor in the face of obstacles such as the Black Death.
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Directed by | Maurice Cloche |
Written by | Jean Anouilh Jean Bernard-Luc |
Produced by | Viscount George de la Grandiere |
Starring | Pierre Fresnay Aimé Clariond |
Cinematography | Claude Renoir |
Edited by | Jean Feyte |
Music by | Jean-Jacques Grünenwald |
Distributed by | L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique (1947 French release) Lopert Pictures (1948 US release) |
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Running time | 111 min. |
Country | France |
Language | French |
In 1949, it won an honorary Academy Award as the best foreign language film released in the United States in 1948. The Vatican placed it amongst their list of approved films under the category of Religion due to its thematic nature in 1995. Pierre Fresnay portrayed Vincent.
Guy Lefranc was assistant director on the movie.
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French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | |
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