Molokai the story of "Father Damien" /

Molokai the story of "Father Damien" / [videorecording] : Story of Father Damien. ERA Films Production in association with the Kinepolis Group ; Jos Stelling Films ; produced by Tharsi Vanhuysse, Grietje Lammertyn ; screenplay by John Briley ; directed by Paul Cox. - Worcester, PA : Gateway Films/Vision Video, [2000] - 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally issued as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the biography by Hilde Eynikel.

Director of photography, Nino Martinetti ; editors, John Scott, Ludo Troch, Kristina Hamilton ; music, Paul Grabowski. Director of photography, Nino Martinetti ; editors, John Scott, Ludo Troch, Kristina Hamilton ; music, Paul Grabowski.

David Wenham, Kate Ceberano, Jan Decleir, Chris Haywood, Thom Hoffman, Keanu Kapuni-Szasz, Derek Jacobi, Keanu Kapuni-Szasz, Alice Krige, Kris Kristofferson, Leo McKern, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole, Dirk Roofthooft, Ryan Rumaugh, Tom Wilkinson, Aden Young.

This is a drama about a Catholic priest who went to the island in Hawaii where the lepers were exiled - Molokai. There among the outcasts be builds a community and gives them dignity. He eventually contracted the disease and died from it.

MPAA rating: PG.


VHS format.

1563647133

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Damien, Father, 1840-1889 --Drama.


Feature films.
Church work with leprosy patients--Hawaii--Drama.

PN1997