Peace in the Fields (1972)

Name: Peace in the Fields
Genre: Drama
Released: 1972-06-20
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Christian Barbier, Georges Poujouly, Claire Wauthion, Héléna Manson, Arlette Schreiber

This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category for "Best Foreign Film," and was finally released in its home country in 1971. It explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. In French, this picture is based on a true story which took place in the late 1920s and early '30s.

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Released 1972-06-20 · 91 min · Drama

Directed by Jacques Boigelot

Cast

Christian Barbier as Stanne Vanasche
Georges Poujouly as Louis
Claire Wauthion as Lodia
Héléna Manson as Johanna
Arlette Schreiber as Rosa
Nicole Valberg as Julia
Lucien Raimbourg as Jardinier
Georges Vandéric as Aloysius
Marthe Dugard as Soeur Thérésia
Josi Jolet as Jules
Irène Vernal as Fine
Charles Gilbert as Curé
Marc Audier as Kobus
Marie-Henriette Claes as La soeur
Anne-Marie Ferrières as Anna