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Daens
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303965031
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303965032
Label: Fox Lorber
Languages: Dutch (Original Language), AnalogFrench (Original Language), AnalogLatin (Original Language), AnalogSpanish (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Release Date: October 13, 1997
Running Time: 134 minutes
Studio: Fox Lorber
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Editorial Review:
Based on a true story, Daens tells the powerful and human story of Father Daens, who spoke out against the miserable working conditions in the factories . Once elected to Parliament to represent the workers, Daens risks everything to succeed.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A snapshot of a great culture
I first saw this film in 1997 when I was an exchange student in Belgie. It touched me then as a snapshot of a hardworking ever resilient culture of the Flemish. I tried finding here in the US when I came back but it was still priced at over a hundred dollars. Several years later I'm ecstatic to find the film not only available, but affordable. The Flemmish are an amazing people and this is a film of overcoming struggle.
Rating: - Just fantastic
I just loved the film. The characters are so real, the acting fantastic and the cast was astonishing.
Rating:  - well done!
I am originally from Belgium and wanted, not without some pride, comment on the American release of Daens. Belgium is not a "great" film land, but now and then they produce a modest gem. To the viewer from Columbus, Ohio (if it's not a joke) I must correct you: the movie does not depict life in Berlin, but in 19th century Aalst, Belgium. Big difference. In Belgium the movie was loved, but, for some reason, Belgians are so critical and unappreciative of their own talents, it makes me ... Read More
Rating: - An excellent captivating movie.
The movie is a true story in which Pastor Daens, an ordained catholic priest, tries to improve the fate of illiterate Flemish speaking workers in a sweat shop (a textile factory) owned by French speaking aristocracy, who uses any means, mostly illegal, to keep things the way they are.The catholic hierarchy sides with the aristocracy since they donate large contibutions. Although workers at that time spoke only their own local Flemish dialect, the actors use standard Dutch pronounciation, thus ... Read More
Rating: - A vivid, visual introduction to a poorly understood period.
"Daens" tells the true story of a Catholic priest in late 19th century Flanders. Tiring of his university position he joins his brother, the printer of a Catholic newspaper in Aalst, Belgium, in a battle against the monied "directors" of sweatshop cloth factories, their hired bullies, and the conservative elements of the Catholic Church. Fr. Daens is able to unite the left-wing Socialists and the centrist Liberals to form the first of the populist Christian Democratic Parties. ... Read More
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