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