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La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin, is a French film, silent, directed by Julien Duvivier, and released in 1929. It is a " stark and striking biographical account of the late 19th century Discalced Carmelite nun who died at age 24 from tuberculosis and was canonized in 1925." The film is based on the spiritual autobiography Thérèse wrote, L'Histoire d'une âme. The same material inspired Alain Cavalier's film Thérèse. "Simone Bourday has genuine adolescent fervour as Thérèse and André Marnay is pathetically fine as her father. The sequence of the taking of the veil has extraordinary documentary force." Art direction on the film was by the future director Christian-Jaque.
Original Release
11/08/1929
Cast
Name | Character |
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Simone Bourday | Thérèse Martin dès 1887 / Thérèse Martin |
Jane Dolys | Vieille soeur irascible |
Angèle Decori | Grand-mère Fanie Martin |
Colette Dubois | |
Augereau | |
Suzy Boldès | Thérèse en 1877 |
Nina Vanna | Pauline Martin |
François Viguier | L'esprit du mensonge / Satan |
André Marnay | Louis Martin dès 1877 / Le curé |
Nikolai Malikoff | Le Pape Léon XIII |
Directors
Writers
Julien Duvivier, Saint Therese of Lisieux
Cast
Name | Character |
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Simone Bourday | Thérèse Martin dès 1887 / Thérèse Martin |
Jane Dolys | Vieille soeur irascible |
Angèle Decori | Grand-mère Fanie Martin |
Colette Dubois | |
Augereau | |
Suzy Boldès | Thérèse en 1877 |
Nina Vanna | Pauline Martin |
François Viguier | L'esprit du mensonge / Satan |
André Marnay | Louis Martin dès 1877 / Le curé |
Nikolai Malikoff | Le Pape Léon XIII |
Albert Bras | Monseigneur Flavien Hugonin - évèque de Bayeux |
Lionel Salem | Louis Martin en 1843 et 1857 / Jésus / Louis Martin |
Marcel Lesieur | Le chanoine Delatroëtte |
Pierre Blondy | L'abbé Révérony - Vicaire général de Bayeux |
Janine Borelli |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Charles Delac | Producer |
Marcel Vandal | Producer |