---
title: 'Daens (1992)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stijn Coninx'
released: '1992-09-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
countries:
  - 'Netherlands'
  - 'France'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/daens-1992'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104046/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Daens (1992)

1992 · 138 min · Netherlands, France, Belgium


## Synopsis

Daens is a 1992 Belgian period drama film directed by Stijn Coninx and based on a novel by Louis Paul Boon. The film stars Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, and Michael Pas, and recounts the life of Adolf Daens, a Catholic priest in Aalst who strives in the late 19th and early 20th century to improve the miserable working conditions in the local factories. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stijn Coninx](https://cinepixo.com/people/stijn-coninx)
- **Screenplay:** [Stijn Coninx](https://cinepixo.com/people/stijn-coninx), [Fernand Auwera](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-auwera), [François Chevallier](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-chevallier)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dirk Brossé](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-brosse)
- **Producer:** [Dave Schram](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-schram), [Dirk Impens](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-impens), [Maria Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-peters), [Hans Pos](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-pos), [Jean-Luc Ormières](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-ormieres)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walther van den Ende](https://cinepixo.com/people/walther-van-den-ende)
- **Editor:** [Ludo Troch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludo-troch)

## Cast

- [Dariusz Kowalski](https://cinepixo.com/people/dariusz-kowalski)
- [Max Schnur](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-schnur)
- [Gert Portael](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-portael)
- [Barbara Połomska](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-po-omska)
- [Stijn Meuris](https://cinepixo.com/people/stijn-meuris)
- [Leon Niemczyk](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-niemczyk)
- [Matthias Schoenaerts](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-schoenaerts)
- [Fred van Kuyk](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-van-kuyk)
- [Jappe Claes](https://cinepixo.com/people/jappe-claes)
- [Idwig Stéphane](https://cinepixo.com/people/idwig-stephane)
- [Grażyna Suchocka](https://cinepixo.com/people/grazyna-suchocka)
- [Marc van Eeghem](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-van-eeghem)
- [Michaël Pas](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-pas)
- [Arthur Semay](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-semay)
- [Jan Steen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-steen)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/daens-1992
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