Cheile imparatiei (SUA 1944) Drama / 126 minute

The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

Nota IMDb:7,2
***** 4 nominalizari Oscar

Regizor: John M. Stahl
Scenariu: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay), Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)
Cu: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price

Un tanar preot, parintele Chisholm este trimis in China pentru a infiinta o parohie catolica printre chinezii necrestini. In timp ce prietenul sau din copilarie, de asemenea preot, infloreste in chemarea sa ca preot intr-o zona mai crestina a lumii, parintele Chisholm se lupta. El intalneste ostilitate, izolare, boala, saracie si o varietate de situatii care il umilesc, dar il fac mai hotarat ca niciodata sa aiba succes. De-a lungul mai multor ani, el castiga acceptarea si o congregatie in crestere printre chinezi, prin hotararea, intelegerea si rabdarea sa calma.

Distributie:

Gregory Peck ... Father Francis Chisholm
Thomas Mitchell ... Willie Tulloch
Vincent Price ... Angus Mealey
Rose Stradner ... Rev. Mother Maria-Veronica (as Rosa Stradner)
Roddy McDowall ... Francis Chisholm - as a Boy
Edmund Gwenn ... Father Hamish MacNabb
Cedric Hardwicke ... Monsignor at Tweedside (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Peggy Ann Garner ... Nora - as a Girl
Jane Ball ... Nora - as an Adult
James Gleason ... Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske
Anne Revere ... Agnes Fiske
Ruth Nelson ... Mrs. Chisholm - Francis' Mother
Benson Fong... Joseph
Leonard Strong ... Mr. Chia
Philip Ahn ... Mr. Pao - Envoy for Mr. Chia