The Unfrocked One

Name: The Unfrocked One
Genre: Drama
Released: 1954-02-26
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Trabaud, Nicole Stéphane, Marcelle Géniat, Jacques Fabbri

Le Défroqué (1954)

1:47 (107 min)

Drama

France

5.8/10
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Production

Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC), Gaumont

Release date

26 February 1954

Director

Léo Joannon

Scenario

Léo Joannon

Composer

Jean-Jacques Grünenwald

Producer

Roger Ribadeau-Dumas

Actors

Maurice Morand

Gérard Lacassagne

Catherine Grandpré

Marcelle Géniat

Mme Morand

Jacques Fabbri

L'ordonnance

Abel Jacquin

Le père supérieur

Georges Lannes

Le colonel

Renaud Mary

L'antiquaire

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Short description

Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church, former priest Maurice (Fresnay) delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism. Even so, young Gerard (Pierre Trabaud) becomes convinced that Maurice has never truly lost his calling. Becoming a priest himself, Gerard devotes his life to bringing Maurice back into the fold. Things don't turn out quite as Gerard hopes, however; he has not reckoned with the possibility that Maurice may have been driven into insanity by his raging self-hatred.