Molokai [videorecording] : the story of "Father Damien" / ERA Films Production in association with The Kinepolis Group ; Jos Stelling Films ; produced by Tharsi Vanhuysse, Grietje Lammertyn ; screenplay by John Briley ; directed by Paul Cox.
Originally issued as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the biography by Hilde Eynikel. David Wenham, Kate Ceberano, Jan Decleir, Chris Haywood, Thom Hoffman, Keanu Kapuni-Szasz, Derek Jacobi, Keanu Kapuni-Szasz, Alice Krige, Kris Kristofferson, Leo McKern, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole, Dirk Roofthooft, Ryan Rumaugh, Tom Wilkinson, Aden Young.
Summary:
This is a drama about a Catholic priest who went to the island in Hawaii where the lepers were exiled - Molokai. There among the outcasts be builds a community and gives them dignity. He eventually contracted the disease and died from it.
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