Forbidden Priests

Forbidden Priests (Prêtres interdits) is a 1973 French drama romance war film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Robert Hossein and Claude Jade.

Forbidden Priests
Poster "Pretres interdits"
Directed by	Denys de La Patellière
Written by	François Boyer Jean-Claude Barreau Denys de La Patellière (adaptation & dialogue by)
Screenplay by	François Boyer Jean-Claude Barreau
Produced by	Georges de Beauregard René Pignières
Starring	Robert Hossein Claude Jade
Cinematography	Claude Durand
Edited by	Jacques Fonteray
Production company	Bela Productions
Distributed by	Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie
Release date	22 November 1973 (1973-11-22)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Synopsis

This French melodrama tells the tragic story of a rare couple: Priest Jean (Robert Hossein), who falls in love with a young woman, the 17-year-old girl Françoise (Claude Jade was 25 during the shooting), has relations with her, and gets her pregnant. That happens during World War II. Some years later Françoise waits for her majority to get her child out from the orphanage and Jean becomes a communist.

Cast

• Robert Hossein as L'abbé Jean Rastaud
• Claude Jade as Françoise Bernardeau
• Pierre Mondy as Paul Lacoussade
• Claude Piéplu as L'abbé Grégoire Ancely
• Louis Seigner as L'évêque
• Germaine Delbat as La mère de Jean
• Georges Audoubert as Le père de Françoise
• Lucienne Legrand as Madame Bernardeau
• Michèle Watrin as La cousine de Françoise
• Fabrice Mouchel as Le petit François
• Guy Di Rigo as Le nouveau maire
• Yves Barsacq as Le favori

External links

• Forbidden Priests at IMDb
• Prêtres interdits at notre Cinema