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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Director(s)	Rowland V. Lee
Producer(s)	Benedict Bogeaus, Rowland V. Lee
Top Genres	Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance
Top Topics	Book-Based, True Story (based on)

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Lynn Bari
(as Michaela Villegas)

Akim Tamiroff
(as Uncle Pio)

Francis Lederer
(as Esteban / Manuel)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey Overview:

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Rowland V. Lee and produced by Rowland V. Lee and Benedict Bogeaus.

SYNOPSIS

Five people are killed in a freak accident when a lofty rope bridge collapses. The film details a priest's journey to discover if there was a divine reason for the bloody disaster. Set in Lima, Peru, during the 18th century. Based on the Thornton Wilder novel, and first made in 1929.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1944 --- Ceremony Number 17 (source: AMPAS)

Award	Recipient	Result
Best Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons	Won
Best Music - Scoring	Dimitri Tiomkin	Nominated

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Quotes from

Don Andre - The Viceroy: I had a few uncomfortable moments thinking about the future of Peru. Do you realize that you might have had to rule?
Don Gonzalo: Heaven forbid!
Don Andre - The Viceroy: [Sarcastically] Fortunately Heaven did.

Uncle Pio: One should never trust a woman.

Brother Juniper: We trust in Heaven. God has never failed man. Only man fails God.

Facts about

Inexplicably this version of the Wilder novel is set in 1774, not 1714, as the novel and 2004 version are.

The identity of several of the victims of the tragedy are changed.

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)