---
title: 'Diary of a Country Priest (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Bresson'
released: '1951-02-07'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/diary-of-a-country-priest-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042619/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

1951 · 115 min · Drama · France

Original title: Journal d'un curé de campagne

## Synopsis

Diary of a Country Priest is a 1951 French drama film written and directed by Robert Bresson. The film stars Claude Laydu in his feature film debut. A faithful adaptation of Georges Bernanos' Grand Prix du Roman-winning novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a sickly young Catholic priest who has been assigned a small village in northern France as his first parish. The film illustrates the eroding religious faith in the French countryside and the clergy's struggles to reach younger believers disillusioned by the inflexibility, and sometimes hypocritical flexibility, of the Church at the time.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Bresson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bresson)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Bresson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bresson), [Georges Bernanos](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-bernanos)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jean-Jacques Grunenwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-jacques-grunenwald)
- **Producer:** [Léon Carré](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-carre)
- **Director of Photography:** [Léonce-Henri Burel](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonce-henri-burel), [Robert Juillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-juillard)

## Cast

- [Jean Riveyre](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-riveyre)
- [Antoine Balpêtré](https://cinepixo.com/people/antoine-balpetre)
- [Yvette Etiévant](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvette-etievant)
- [Adrien Borel](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrien-borel)
- [Léon Arvel](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-arvel)
- [Nicole Ladmiral](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-ladmiral)
- [Rachel Berendt](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-berendt)
- [Germaine Stainval](https://cinepixo.com/people/germaine-stainval)
- [Jean Danet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-danet)
- [Claude Laydu](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-laydu)
- [Nicole Maurey](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-maurey)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/diary-of-a-country-priest-1951
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1159262); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.