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The Great Heart (1938)

6.3/10 0h 11m Dec 31, 1938
Drama

This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

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Movie Details

Original Title The Great Heart
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

Carey Wilson
Carey Wilson
Narrator (voice)
Popularity: 5.5
Tom Neal
Tom Neal
Father Damien (uncredited)
Popularity: 1.3

Key Crew

Director David Miller
Music David Snell
Screenplay Morgan Cox

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US

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Keywords

self sacrifice hawaii leprosy biography catholic leper colony missionary priest

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Feb 8, 2024

In 1936, a US naval vessel travels from Hawaii at the behest of King Leopold III of Belgium to repatriate the body of Jozef De Veuster (Father Damiaan). Why? Well fifty years earlier he befriended a local population of lepers on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i where only the sick were permitted to l ... Read more

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Details
Release Date December 31, 1938
Runtime 0h 11m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
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