General Major
TITLE
Great Heart, The (1938)
ALT__TITLE
Father Damien
DISABILITY
General Leprosy
COUNTRY
USA
LENGTH
11
GENRE
Biography
DIRECTOR
David Miller
CAST
Tom Neal
NOTES
B/W
Brief story of the Belgian priest, Joseph Damien de Beuster,
also known as Father Damien who lived from 1840-89 and
worked on the Hawaiian island of Molokai with lepers.
He himself got leprosy in 1884 but continued working until his
death.
See also Damien: The Leper Priest (TV Film) 1980
Notes
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