Franciscan of Bourges (1968)

Name: Franciscan of Bourges
Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1968-04-29
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Hardy Krüger, Jean Desailly, Christian Barbier, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Béatrix Dussane

April 29, 19681h 48mFR

6.4

14 votes

Comedy Drama

Overview

Albert is a Franciscan monk and a medical orderly at a monastery in France. Although he is German, the kindly monk helps hide French resistance members. Albert tries to maintain the delicate balance between the warring factions by helping out the afflicted and not getting involved in political ideology.

Director

Claude Autant-Lara

Writers

Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost