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.
Cast
Crew
Léo Joannon
Director, Screenplay
Roland Laudenbach
Screenplay
Denys de La Patellière
Screenplay
Robert Isnardon
Editor
Monique Isnardon
Editor
Nikolai Toporkoff
Director of Photography
Alain Poiré
Producer
Jean Le Duc
Producer
Roger Ribadeau-Dumas
Producer
Paul-Louis Boutié
Production Design
Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
Original Music Composer
Roger de Broin
Production Manager
Recommendations
view all
John
Main Krishna Hoon
Everything Everything Nothing Nothing
Re-Elected
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Alice in Wonderland
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
The Blue Lagoon
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
What's New Scooby-Doo? Vol. 3: Halloween Boos and Clues
Tomie: Rebirth
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Diary of Anne Frank
Return to Never Land
The Savages
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Crows Zero II