The Song of Bernadette (film)
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Poster art by Norman Rockwell
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| Directed by | Henry King |
| Produced by | William Perlberg |
| Written by | George Seaton |
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The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel |
| Starring |
Jennifer Jones William Eythe Charles Bickford Vincent Price |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
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156 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.6 million |
| Box office | $5 million (US/ Canada rentals) |
The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 drama film that tells the story of Bernadette Soubirous (later, Saint Bernadette), who, from February to July 1858 in Lourdes, France, reported eighteen visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was directed by Henry King.
The film was adapted by George Seaton from the 1941 novel The Song of Bernadette, written by Franz Werfel. The novel was extremely popular, spending more than a year on The New York Times Best Seller list and thirteen weeks heading the list. The story was also turned into a Broadway play, which opened at the Belasco Theatre in March 1943.
François Soubirous (Roman Bohnen), a former miller now unemployed, is forced to take odd jobs and live at the city jail with his wife (Anne Revere), his two sons, and his two daughters. One morning he goes to find work, and is told to take contaminated trash from the hospital and dump it in the cave at Massabielle.
At the Catholic school (run by the Sisters of Charity of Nevers) that she and her sisters attend, fourteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous (Jennifer Jones) is shamed in front of the class by Sister Vauzous, the teacher (Gladys Cooper), for not having learned her catechism well. Her sister Marie (Ermadean Walters) explains that Bernadette was out sick with asthma. Abbé Dominique Peyramale (Charles Bickford) enters and awards the students holy cards, but is told by Sister Vauzous that Bernadette does not deserve one, because she has not studied, and that it would not be fair to the other students. Peyramale encourages Bernadette to study harder.
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