Daens

About Daens

Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class.

Daens is a 1992 history film directed by Stijn Coninx. It runs 138 minutes and was released in October 1992.

Jan Decleir stars as Adolf Daens, Gérard Desarthe as Charles Woeste, Antje De Boeck as Nette Scholliers, and Michaël Pas as Jan De Meeter. Written by Addy Weijers and François Chevallier.

Shelv files it under industrial revolution and biography.

The Young Karl Marx make useful companions to Daens. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 68 TMDB voters.