Le Défroqué
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1953
French release26/02/1954
Runtime1 h 56 min
Synopsis
Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church, former priest Maurice (Fresnay) delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism. Even so, young Gerard (Pierre Trabaud) becomes convinced that Maurice has never truly lost his calling. Becoming a priest himself, Gerard devotes his life to bringing Maurice back into the fold. Things don't turn out quite as Gerard hopes, however; he has not reckoned with the possibility that Maurice may have been driven into insanity by his raging self-hatred.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (27)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Gaumont, Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
- French distribution : Gaumont
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Roger Ribadeau-Dumas, Alain Poiré
- Adaptation : Denys De La Patellière, Léo Joannon
- Screenwriter : Léo Joannon
- Dialogue Writer : Roland Laudenbach
- Director of Photography : Nicolas Toporkoff
- Music Composer : Jean Dalve
- Assistant Director : Denys De La Patellière
- Editor : Robert Isnardon
- Sound Recordist : Robert Biard
- Production Manager : Roger De Broin
- Production Designer : Paul-Louis Boutié
- Still Photographer : Jean Klissak
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Religion
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1953
- French release : 26/02/1954
- Runtime : 1 h 56 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 14547
- Visa issue date : 19/02/1954
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
