Peace in the Fields

Peace in the Fields

91 mins | Drama | June 20, 1972

This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category for "Best Foreign Film," and was finally released in its home country in 1971. It explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. In French, this picture is based on a true story which took place in the late 1920s and early '30s.

Peace in the Fields

91 mins | Drama | June 20, 1972

Peace in the Fields
This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category for "Best Foreign Film," and was finally released in its home country in 1971. It explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. In French, this picture is based on a true story which took place in the late 1920s and early '30s.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers E.G.C.
Original title Paix sur les champs
Directors Jacques Boigelot
Writers Marie Gevers, Jacques Boigelot, René Wheeler

Cast

Christian Barbier

as Stanne Vanasche

Georges Poujouly

as Louis

Claire Wauthion

as Lodia

Héléna Manson

as Johanna

Nicole Valberg

as Julia

Lucien Raimbourg

as Jardinier

Vandéric

as Aloysius

Marthe Dugard

as Soeur Thérésia

Josi Jolet

as Jules

Irène Vernal

as Fine

Charles Gilbert

as Curé

Marc Audier

as Kobus

Marie-Henriette Claes

as La soeur

Simone Jurieu

as Amélie

Jean Musin

as Debie