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The Song of Bernadette
The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 American biographical drama film based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Franz Werfel. It stars Jennifer Jones in the title role, which portrays the story of Bernadette Soubirous, who reportedly experienced eighteen visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary from February to July 1858 and was canonized in 1933. The film was directed by Henry King, from a screenplay by George Seaton.
Plot
In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous lives in poverty with her family in Lourdes, France. She is shamed by her Catholic school teacher, Sister Vauzou for falling behind in her studies because of her asthma. That afternoon, while fetching firewood with her sister Marie and a friend, Bernadette waits for them in the Massabielle grotto. Distracted by a strange breeze and a change in the light, Bernadette sees a beautiful lady clad in white, standing on a rock niche. Bernadette tells her companions what she saw, and they promise not to tell anyone else. However, Marie tells their mother when they return home, and the story soon spreads all over Lourdes.
Awards
Cast
- Alan Napier
- Anne Revere
- Charles Bickford
- Charles Dingle
- Charles Wagenheim
- Charles Waldron
- Dickie Moore
- Edward Fielding
- Edward Keane
- Edward Van Sloan
- Frank Reicher
- Fritz Leiber
- Gladys Cooper
- Ian Wolfe
- Jean De Briac
- Jean Del Val
- Jennifer Jones
- Jerome Cowan
- John Dilson
- Lee J. Cobb
- Linda Darnell
- Louis Mercier
- Louis V. Arco
- Mae Marsh
- Marcel Dalio
- Mary Anderson
- Minerva Urecal
- Moroni Olsen
- Nestor Paiva
- Patricia Morison
- Pedro de Cordoba
- Roman Bohnen
- Sig Ruman
- Tala Birell
- Vincent Price
- William Eythe
- William Smith