The Keys of the Kingdom

(1944)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 55 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1944

Runtime: 137 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: John M. Stahl

Cast: Грегори Пек, Томас Митчелл, Винсент Прайс, Rose Stradner, Родди Макдауэлл, Edmund Gwenn, Cedric Hardwicke, Peggy Ann Garner, Jane Ball, Джеймс Глисон

Plot

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.