Lourdes 24 years old

Lourdes

The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local authorities even try to hush up the entire incident. In vain, however, because when Empress Eugénie requests water from the spring for her sickly son, they are forced to acquiesce. And even the local priest is finally convinced. While taking his tuberculosis-stricken fiancé Claire to a sanatorium, the young doctor Henri Guillaumet meets Bernadette. The water from Lourdes' spring heals Claire's disease overnight, but the scientist in Henri doubts the miracle and wants to expose Bernadette as a liar. It is not until Henri again meets Bernadette, who has in the meantime become a nun and works as a nurse, that he finds a way to balance belief and modern science. And his love for Claire is strengthened as well.

Credits

Lourdes Cast

Name Character
Günther Maria Halmer He was 57, now 81 years old as Kaplan Peyramale
Alessandro Gassman He was 35, now 59 years old as Bernard / Henri Guillaumet
Sydne Rome She was 49, now 73 years old as Mutter Marie-Thérèse
Florence Darel She was 32, now 56 years old as Claire La Fontaine
Helmut Griem He was 68, 72 years old when he died as Auguste La Fontaine
Umberto Orsini He was 66, now 90 years old as Pater Laurent
Roger Souza He was 58, now 82 years old as François Soubirous

Lourdes Crew

Name Department
Lodovico Gasparini as Director. He was 52 (now 76) years old Directing
Lourdes poster
Lourdes (24 years)

  • Release day: Monday, May 29, 2000
  • Runtime: 180 minutes