- Monsieur Vincent
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Monsieur Vincent
Cover of the Timeless Multimedia VHS editionDirected by Maurice Cloche Produced by Viscount George de la Grandiere Written by Jean Anouilh
Jean Bernard-LucStarring Pierre Fresnay Music by Jean-Jacques Grünenwald Cinematography Claude Renoir Editing by Jean Feyte Distributed by L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique (1947 French release)
Lopert Pictures (1948 US release)Release date(s) France:
November 5, 1947
United States:
December 20, 1948Running time 111 min. Country France Language French Monsieur Vincent is a 1947 French film about Vincent de Paul, the seventeenth 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.
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Academy Award for Foreign Language Film Winners (1947–1960) 1947–1955 (Honorary) 1947: Shoe-Shine • Vittorio De Sica • 1948: Monsieur Vincent • Maurice Cloche • 1949: Bicycle Thieves • Vittorio De Sica • 1950: The Walls of Malapaga • René Clément • 1951: Rashomon • Akira Kurosawa • 1952: Forbidden Games • René Clément • 1954: Gate of Hell • Teinosuke Kinugasa • 1955: Samurai, The Legend of Musashi • Hiroshi Inagaki
1956–1960 1956: La Strada • Federico Fellini • 1957: Nights of Cabiria • Federico Fellini • 1958: My Uncle • Jacques Tati • 1959: Black Orpheus • Marcel Camus • 1960: The Virgin Spring • Ingmar Bergman
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