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Production Companies
A Plus Image 4
ARTE France Cinéma
The Jewish Cardinal (Le métis de Dieu)
Overview
The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age, and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church, Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope John Paul II―and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew, earning him both friends and enemies from either group. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz, Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communities―and he may be forced, at last, to choose his side.
Key Crew
Director: Ilan Duran Cohen
Writer: Chantal de Rudder, Ilan Duran Cohen
Producer: Joëy Faré
Director of Photography: Christophe Graillot
Top Cast
Laurent Lucas
Jean-Marie Lustiger
Aurélien Recoing
Jean-Paul II
Audrey Dana
Fanny
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Le père Julien
Alex Skarbek
Père Kristof
Nathalie Richard
La Mère Superiéure
Bruno Todeschini
Théo Klein
Jean-Noël Martin
Monseigneur Courcoux
