Léon Morin, Priest
1961The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin to do so. After spending some time with him, the relationship with her confessor turns into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire.
Acted in
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Léon Morin
Emmanuelle Riva
as Barny
Irène Tunc
as Christine Sangredin
Nicole Mirel
as Sabine Levy
Gisèle Grimm
as Lucienne
Marco Behar
as Edelman
Marc Eyraud
as Anton
Monique Hennessy
as Arlette
Edith Loria
as Danielle Holdenberg
Monique Bertho
as Marion
Nina Grégoire
Simone Vannier
as Secretary
Lucienne Marchand
as Secretary
Nelly Pitorre
as Secretary
Ernest Varial
as Director
Chantal Gozzi
as Young France
Patricia Gozzi
as Old France
Marielle Gozzi
as Adult France
Cédric Grant
as American Soldier
George Lambert
as American Soldier
Gérard Buhr
as Gunther
Howard Vernon
as Colonel
Renée Liques
Volker Schlöndorff
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Claude Achard
as (uncredited)
Adeline Aucoc
as Old Lady (uncredited)
Maurice Auzel
as Man in St Bernard Church (uncredited)
André Badin
as (uncredited)
Madeleine Ganne
as Betty (uncredited)
Louis Saintève
as Man (uncredited)