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Léon Morin, Priest

7.0 117 mins Drama   Romance   1961
Rome-Paris Films   Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica  
Director(s): Jean-Pierre Melville

The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin to do so. After spending some time with him, the relationship with her confessor turns into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire. 

Casts of Léon Morin, Priest

Jean-Paul Belmondo

as Léon Morin

Emmanuelle Riva

as Barny

Irène Tunc

as Christine Sangredin

Nicole Mirel

as Sabine Levy

Gisèle Grimm

as Lucienne

Marco Behar

as Edelman

Marc Eyraud

as Anton

Monique Hennessy

as Arlette

Edith Loria

as Danielle Holdenberg

Monique Bertho

as Marion

Simone Vannier

as Secretary

Lucienne Marchand

as Secretary

Nelly Pitorre

as Secretary

Ernest Varial

as Director

Chantal Gozzi

as Young France

Patricia Gozzi

as Old France

Marielle Gozzi

as Adult France

Cédric Grant

as American Soldier

George Lambert

as American Soldier

Gérard Buhr

as Gunther

Howard Vernon

as Colonel

Volker Schlöndorff

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Claude Achard

as (uncredited)

Adeline Aucoc

as Old Lady (uncredited)

Maurice Auzel

as Man in St Bernard Church (uncredited)

André Badin

as (uncredited)

Madeleine Ganne

as Betty (uncredited)

Louis Saintève

as Man (uncredited)

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