Monsieur Vincent
| Monsieur Vincent | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the Timeless Multimedia VHS edition | |
| Directed by | Maurice Cloche |
| Produced by | Viscount George de la Grandiere |
| Written by |
Jean Anouilh Jean Bernard-Luc |
| Starring | Pierre Fresnay |
| Music by | Jean-Jacques Grünenwald |
| Cinematography | Claude Renoir |
| Edited by | Jean Feyte |
| Distributed by |
L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique (1947 French release) Lopert Pictures (1948 US release) |
Release date |
France: 5 November 1947 United States: December 20, 1948 |
Running time | 111 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Monsieur Vincent is a 1947 French film about Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century priest and charity worker. It depicts his struggle to help the poor in the face of obstacles such as the Black Death.
In 1949 it won an honorary Academy Award as the best foreign language film released in the United States in 1948. The Vatican placed it amongst their list of approved films under the category of Religion due to its thematic nature in 1995. Pierre Fresnay portrayed Vincent.
Production
Guy Lefranc was assistant director on the movie.
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