The Song Of Bernadette [DVD]

Loved the weather and atmosphere at Lourdes and wanted to know more of Bernadette. The film gave us all a short introduction to Bernadette and her life which in reality was very difficult. The utter contempt she was held in by the Church was painful and well illustrated in the film. Nothing has really changed for us kulaks in the Church! The film was a "nice" and endearing account of this all and well worth the time to watch.

Excellent movie, a bit expensive and only realised that you can get it for free on you tube after i paid.

Such a lovely movie, with such a lovely cast, including the beautiful Jennifer Jones, with her marvellous Oscar-winning performance. Great director behind the movie too, Henry King. And like it said right at the beginning of the movie, 'for those who believe in God, no explanation is needed; for those who don't believe in God, no explanation is possible'.

Love it

I have watched this film many, many times since childhood and it’s one of the most moving films I’ve ever seen. The film begins with the life of St. Bernadette as a young schoolgirl who misses much of her education and is shown to be behind even in her religious studies. This is a very important thing to remember, because later in the film after St. Bernadette had been having apparitions of Our Lady, the local priest tells St. Bernadette to ask the lady who she is. St. Bernadette does this and tells the priest, the lady says she is “the immaculate conception”. This is vitally important as even today, people still make the mistake of thinking Jesus is the Immaculate Conception, when Jesus is God who became Man but Mary is the only human ever born without the stain of original sin, and as such is the ‘immaculate conception’. This film somehow captures the simplicity and beauty of the story of Lourdes. St. Bernadette was a humble girl born into a simple and humble family who was called on by the Blessed Virgin to dig in the ground to find the spring and to build a church on the site. St. Bernadette was laughed at by her community but through her family’s love and support she continued to honour our Holy Mother and Miracles began to occur. The film ends with St Bernadette’s retreat into a convent where she worked and prayed alongside her fellow Sisters, leaving the attention of the outside world behind and eventually passing away at age 35. Jennifer Jones is magnificent as St. Bernadette, capturing her innocence, humanity and devotion. The supporting cast including Charles Bickford and Vincent Price are wonderful and altogether it’s a moving and factual account on one of the more recent and biggest miraculous events of our times. As the film says at the beginning, for those who have Faith, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, no explanation is possible.

Very enjoyable film

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Many people know of Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes but many others do not. She was born to an impoverished miller in 1844 in an obscure village in the Pyrenees in South West France. As was common at the time she was illiterate. One day, when she was 14 when out gathering driftwood for fuel on the banks of the local river, an apparition of a lady appeared to her. Later the lady identified herself in the patois of Lourdes as the 'Immaculate Conception' which the local clergy identified as Mary, the Mother of God. The lady ordered a shrine to be built where people could come on pilgrimages.What was inexplicable was that there was nothing in Bernadette's life to explain the visions which were received with much local scepticism.Eventually the shrine was built, people did come, and it is now one of the most important Catholic pilgrimages in the whole world. A great many Catholics wish to visit Lourdes and bathe in the waters at least one in their lives. Many Catholic girls are now called Bernadette.Bernadette, always a sickly child, entered a convent and devoted her life to prayer and light duties in her convent. The visions ceased and were never repeated. She succumbed to tuberculosis at the age of 35. After he death devotion grew to her and she proved a popular saint. She was officially canonized as a saint in 1933.The film based on her life was a huge box office success. The DVD version is recommended to all the family, especially those families with children.

Mi piace molto più di edizioni recenti a colori. E' un'edizione classica, con attori tutti di grande valore, e caratterizzata da assoluta fedeltà agli avvenimenti. Consiglio il DVD in modo assoluto. Di certo la vera Bernadette era meno fine e delicata di Jennifer Jones, l'attrice americana che impersona S. Bernadette in questo film, e anzi sappiamo che essa aveva un carattere alquanto forte e persino diretto, insomma da ragazza di campagna (montagna in realtà) già assai provata dalle sventure che avevano colpito la sua famiglia e la sua stessa salute. Ma la sostanza e la poesia ci sono tutte, e anche lo stupore generato dall'incontro fra il poco che era Bernadette e l'Immenso che le apparve, ed è, Maria SS. .

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Meinen "Vorrednern" kann ich nichts mehr hinzufügen, dennes wurde alles gesagt, bzw. geschrieben.Heute kam der Film bei mir an, und ich konnte es nicht abwarten, bis zum abendund habe ihn mir angesehen.Dieser Film, obwohl schwarzweiß hat eine Magie. Ein Zauber, umfassend die ganze Geschichteum Bernadette und ihrem Leben. Obwohl es ein amerikanischer Film ist und die bezaubernde,sehr, sehr glaubwürdig darstellende Jennifer Jones die Bernadette spielt, Lee J. Cobb und Charles Bickford (Beides spielten nacheinander in einer Westernserie den Boß der Ranch) Vincent Price u.s.w. allesAmerikaner sind, wirkt doch der Film wirklich französisch und echt in der damaligen Zeit auch den ärmlicheren Umständen angepaßt.Erstaunlich, was dieses Mädchen alles durchleiden mußte und trotzdem eine solche liebenswerte, sanfte, gläubige unddemütige Persönlichkeit blieb und trotz ihrer wahnsinnigen Schmerzen , die sich im Laufe der Zeit (des Films mehrten und verstärkten nie klagte und auch die Art wie die Großköpfe der damaligen Zeit mit ihr umgingen und sie nie wirklich böse laut wurde.Alle Achtung.Besonders scharf war ich drauf zu sehen, wie Marias Erscheinung dargestellt wird und wurde nicht enttäuscht.Ich bin einfach nur beeindruckt, etwas Heiliges, liebevolles strahlte diese Erscheinung aus. Sehr gut und emotional anrührend dargestellt, der ganze Film. Und ich werde ihn mir sicher morgen am Sonntag nochmal in Ruhe ansehen. Obwohl er um die 2 1/2 Stunden läuft, wird es keine Minute langweilig. Er ist sehr dramatisch und nichts davon übertrieben. Einfach super.

Beautiful cinematography is stunning on this region B locked blu-ray.

Das Filmdrehbuch hält sich weitgehend an den Roman von Franz Werfel.Wenn man bedenkt daß Werfel jüdischen Glaubens war dann kann man nur umso mehr staunend die Art und Weise der Darstellung der Geschehnisse anerkennen.Die Besetzung der Hauptrolle mit Jennifer Jones war ein echter Glücksgriff sie spielt die Rolle so wahrhaftig daß ihr Minenspiel auch das ausdrückt was das Drehbuch nicht sagen konnte.Für mich ist es der ergreifendste Film den ich kenne.