The Song of Bernadette

In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the Virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.

Cast

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

as Bernadette

William Eythe

William Eythe

as Antoine Nicolau

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

as Father Peyramale

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

as Prosecutor Vital Dutour

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

as Dr. Dozous

Gladys Cooper

Gladys Cooper

as Sister Marie Therese Vauzous

Anne Revere

Anne Revere

as Louise Soubirous

Roman Bohnen

Roman Bohnen

as François Soubirous

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson

as Jeanne Abadie

Patricia Morison

Patricia Morison

as Empress Eugenie

Reviews

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...

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