Synopsis
Consumed by wanderlust, novice missionary Père Jean Maurel (Yves Massard) ventures into the wilds of French colonial Africa. Here he is taken under the wing of mission founder Père Gauthier (Charles Vanel), who is somewhat wiser in the ways of his chosen profession than the headstrong Père Jean. The two men form a strong bond, which serves to strengthen the younger man's faith and upgrade the older man's jaundiced opinion of mankind.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (13)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Films Maurice Cloche, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
- French distribution : Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique (AGDC)
Full credits (10)
- Producers : Maurice Cloche, André Halley des Fontaines
- Sound Recordist : Raymond Gauguier
- Screenwriter : Maurice Cloche
- Director of Photography : Claude Renoir
- Camera Operator : Noël Martin
- Production managers : Eugène Nase, François Carron
- Editor : Christian Gaudin
- Production Designer : Eugène Piérac
- Music Composer : Michel Michelet
- Still Photographer : Jacques Boutinot
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1955
- French release : 02/12/1955
- Runtime : 1 h 38 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 16734
- Visa issue date : 01/12/1955
- Approval :
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono