Franciscan of Bourges(1968)

movie - first aired/released 1968-04-29 - audience 6.4

Directed by Claude Autant-Lara

Albert is a Franciscan monk and a medical orderly at a monastery in France. Although he is German, the kindly monk helps hide French resistance members. Albert tries to maintain the delicate balance between the warring factions by helping out the afflicted and not getting involved in political ideology.