The Song of Bernadette

Book cover: 'The Song of Bernadette'
Copyright:
1945
Publisher:
20th Century Fox
Subject(s):
Biographies
Saints
Grade / Age level:
All ages
Setting:
19th century
Resource Type:
Videos
Review:

This is a beautiful, Academy Award winning movie depicting the apparitions of Our Lady to Saint Bernadette in Lourdes, France, in the mid-1800s. The depiction is accurate - based on the book of the same title by Franz Werfel - but also beautifully and powerfully produced. Jennifer Jones is the simple and unpretentious Bernadette, Vincent Price is a town magistrate who is skeptical of the apparitions and rather hostile to Bernadette. An excellent family film and one of the finest Hollywood films of a religious nature.

Additional notes:
black and white, 156 min
Reviewed By:
Alicia Van Hecke
Review Date:
3-3-01
Available From:
Adoremus Books
Available From:
Aquinas and More
Available From:
Leaflet Missal Company
Available From:
Stella Maris Books

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