I Was a Parish Priest

I Was a Parish Priest
I Was a Parish Priest
Spanish	La guerra de Dios
Directed by	Rafael Gil
Written by	Vicente Escrivá; Ramón D. Faraldo
Produced by	Manuel J. Goyanes
Starring	Claude Laydu; Francisco Rabal; José Marco Davó;
Cinematography	Alfredo Fraile
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Joaquín Rodrigo
Production; company	Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas
Distributed by	Cifesa
Release date	30 September 1953;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

I Was a Parish Priest or God's War (Spanish: La guerra de Dios) is a 1953 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Claude Laydu, Francisco Rabal and José Marco Davó.^[1] It was awarded the Gran Premio at the first ever San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was also shown at the Venice Film Festival where it was awarded the Bronze Lion.

It portrays the efforts of a young Priest sent to a poor mining village in the early 1930s.

Cast[]

Claude Laydu as P. Andrés Mendoza
Francisco Rabal as Martín
José Marco Davó as Don César
Fernando Sancho as Barron
Gérard Tichy as Negro
Alberto Romea
Julia Caba Alba as D. César's sister
Félix Dafauce
Milagros Leal
Mariano Azaña as Fermín, the postman
José Sepúlveda
Manuel Kayser
[es]
José Manuel Martín
José Miguel Rupert
Félix Briones
María Eugenia Escrivá as Margarita
Jaime Blanch as Daniel
Carlos Acevedo as child
Juan José Vidal as child

References[]

^ Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 121. ISBN 1855661764.

External links[]

I Was a Parish Priest at IMDb

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[1] Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 121. ISBN 1855661764.

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I Was a Parish Priest

Spanish	La guerra de Dios

Directed by	Rafael Gil
Written by	Vicente Escrivá Ramón D. Faraldo
Produced by	Manuel J. Goyanes
Starring	Claude Laydu Francisco Rabal José Marco Davó
Cinematography	Alfredo Fraile
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Joaquín Rodrigo
Production company	Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas
Distributed by	Cifesa
Release date	30 September 1953 (1953-09-30)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish