Daens (1992)

Drama History

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.

Updated May 12 2020

Releases:

US -

1992-10-01

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Keywords:

industrial revolution

FACTS

Runtime: 138 mins Rating: 7.2

Cast

Jan Decleir

Adolf Daens

Gérard Desarthe

Charles Woeste

Idwig Stephane

Eugene Borremans

Johan Leysen

Schmitt

Matthias Schoenaerts

Wannes Scholliers

Herbert Flack

Van Langenhove (Liberaal)

Linda van Dyck

Elizabeth Borremans

Fred Van Kuyk

Burgemeester Van Wambeke