The Dialogue of the Carmelites

1h 52m

6.7

This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion.

Cast

Mother Marie of the Incarnation

Mother Thérèse of Saint-Augustin

Madeleine Renaud

Blanche de la Force

Pierre Brasseur

Commissioner of the Republic

Chaplain of Carmel

Marie-Geneviève Meunier

Knight of Force

Jean-Louis Barrault

Marquis of Force

Pascale de Boysson

Jacqueline Dane

Sister Gabrielle

Sister Catherine

Hélène Dieudonné

Sister Jeanne of the Divine Childhood

Yvette Etiévant

Sister Lucy, extern sister

Sister Gabrielle

Sophie Grimaldi

Sister Anne de Jésus

Sister Saint-Louis

Sister Charlotte

Hélène Vallier

Camille Guérini

Doctor Javeline, Carmel doctor

Fouquier-Tinville

Lucien Raimbourg

Deputy commissioner

Daniel Ceccaldi

Gérard Darrieu

Member of the court

Carmelite nun (uncredited)

Pascal Mazzotti

Carmelite nun (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi

Crew

Raymond Leopold Bruckberger

Director, Screenplay

Philippe Agostini

Director, Screenplay

Gertrud von Le Fort

Director of Photography

Anne-Marie Marchand

Original Music Composer

Georges Bernanos