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The film stars Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, and Michael Pas, and recounts the real-life story of Adolf Daens, a Catholic priest in Aalst who strives to improve the miserable working conditions in the local factories.
Feb 25, 1993 · Daens: Directed by Stijn Coninx. With Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Michael Pas. In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Stijn Coninx
- 1993-02-25
In this biopic, Catholic priest Adolf Daens (Jan Decleir) arrives in the small Belgian village of Aaist in the 1890s and is appalled by widespread economic and sexual exploitation of...
- (13)
- Stijn Coninx
- Drama
- Jan Decleir
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After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
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- Stijn Coninx
Oct 1, 1992 · In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers.
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The true story of a headstrong 19th-century priest who struggled against social injustice and in doing so was denounced by the Catholic Church.
