The Song of Bernadette

The Song of Bernadette

156 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 1943

In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.

The Song of Bernadette

156 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 1943

The Song of Bernadette
In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Song of Bernadette
Directors Henry King
Writers Franz Werfel, George Seaton

Cast

Jennifer Jones

as Bernadette

William Eythe

as Antoine Nicolau

Charles Bickford

as Father Peyramale

Vincent Price

as Prosecutor Vital Dutour

Lee J. Cobb

as Dr. Dozous

Gladys Cooper

as Sister Marie Therese Vauzous

Anne Revere

as Louise Soubirous

Roman Bohnen

as François Soubirous

Mary Anderson

as Jeanne Abadie

Patricia Morison

as Empress Eugenie

Aubrey Mather

as Mayor Lacade

Charles Dingle

as Jacomet

Edith Barrett

as Croisine Bouhouhorts

Sig Ruman

as Louis Bouriette

Blanche Yurka

as Aunt Bernarde Casterot

Ermadean Walters

as Marie Soubirous

Marcel Dalio

as Callet

Pedro de Cordoba

as Dr. LeCramps

Jerome Cowan

as Emperor Louis Napoleon III

Charles Waldron

as Bishop of Tarbes (uncredited)

Linda Darnell

as The Virgin Mary (uncredited)

Edward Fielding

as Doctor with Empress' Baby (uncredited)

Fernanda Eliscu

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Edward Keane

as Policeman (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

as Madame Blanche - Townswoman (uncredited)

Alan Napier

as Dr. Debeau