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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. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. 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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138 min
1992-10-01
Released
Dutch
62
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Adolf Daens
Charles Woeste
Nette Scholliers
Jan De Meeter
Jefke
Bisschop Stillemans
Pieter Daens
Louise Daens
Schmitt
Elizabeth Borremans
Eugene Borremans
Ponnet
Marie
Monsignor Goossens
Burgemeester Van Wambeke
Van Langenhove (Liberaal)
Nuncio
Wannes Scholliers
Julia
Clarice
Nini
Commission Member
Commission Member
Gendarmerie Officer
Commission Member
Commission Member
Man beside Nini's Corpse
Lisette
Gang Member
Gang Member
Gang Member
Gang Member
Gang Member
Woman giving out Soup
Woman giving out Soup
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