| I Was a Parish Priest | |
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| Directed by | Rafael Gil |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Manuel J. Goyanes |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Alfredo Fraile |
| Edited by | José Antonio Rojo |
| Music by | Joaquín Rodrigo |
Production company | Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas |
| Distributed by | CIFESA |
Release date | 30 September 1953 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
I Was a Parish Priest or God's War (Spanish: La guerra de Dios) is a 1953 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Claude Laydu, Francisco Rabal and José Marco Davó.[1] It was awarded the Gran Premio at the first ever San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was also shown at the Venice Film Festival where it was awarded the Bronze Lion.
It portrays the efforts of a young Priest sent to a poor mining village in the early 1930s.
A priest receives as his first assignment the parish of a mining town, beset by poverty. In this area he will focus all his forces to overcome the resentment accumulated by the miners towards the ecclesiastical profession.
