In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.

Jennifer Jones
as Bernadette

William Eythe
as Antoine Nicolau

Charles Bickford
as Father Peyramale

Vincent Price
as Prosecutor Vital Dutour

Lee J. Cobb
as Dr. Dozous

Gladys Cooper
as Sister Marie Therese Vauzous

Anne Revere
as Louise Soubirous

Roman Bohnen
as François Soubirous

Mary Anderson
as Jeanne Abadie

Patricia Morison
as Empress Eugenie
CinemaSerf
Jennifer Jones turns in an engaging performance as the eponymous girl, living in mid-19th Century France, who claims to have received divine communications in a grotto near her local village of Lourdes. Unsurprisingly, she faces a fairly sceptical clergy and state but her fellow villagers lap it all...