---
title: 'Léon Morin, Priest (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Pierre Melville'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 130
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/leon-morin-priest-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055082/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Léon Morin, Priest (1961)

1961 · 130 min · Drama · France, Italy

Original title: Léon Morin, prêtre

## Synopsis

Léon Morin, Priest is a 1961 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It was adapted by Melville from Béatrix Beck's novel The Passionate Heart, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1952. Set during WWII in Occupied France, the film stars Emmanuelle Riva as a jaded, lapsed Catholic mother and widow of a Jewish husband, who finds herself falling in love with a young, altruistic priest, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville), [Béatrix Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/beatrix-beck)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Martial Solal](https://cinepixo.com/people/martial-solal)
- **Producer:** [Carlo Ponti](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ponti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae)

## Cast

- [Gisèle Grimm](https://cinepixo.com/people/gisele-grimm)
- [Marc Eyraud](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-eyraud)
- [Patricia Gozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-gozzi)
- [André Badin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-badin)
- [Gérard Buhr](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-buhr)
- [Lucienne Le Marchand](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucienne-le-marchand)
- [Emmanuelle Riva](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuelle-riva)
- [Howard Vernon](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-vernon)
- [Jean-Paul Belmondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-belmondo)
- [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff)
- [Irène Tunc](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-tunc)
- [Maurice Auzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-auzel)

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