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A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.
- Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 4 nominations total
Rose Stradner
- Rev. Mother Maria-Veronica
- (as Rosa Stradner)
Cedric Hardwicke
- Monsignor at Tweedside
- (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
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- TriviaThe only Oscar-nominated performance by Gregory Peck in a non-Best Picture nominated film. Peck received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for the film, although he lost to Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend (1945). The Keys of the Kingdom also received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography (both for black and white) and Best Music (scoring of a dramatic or comedic picture).
- GoofsIn the 1:40 hr mark, Fr. Chisholm approaches the sentries who command him to follow them in Tagalog, a Philippine language.
- Quotes
Joseph: [irritated by Msgr. Mealey's racist remarks] Father, may I say something sinful?
Father Francis Chisholm: Of course not.
Joseph: You will hear it in confession anyway, because I'm thinking it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
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What a wonderful story of a man, despite much adversity, contributes himself to the Chinese community he loves so much. It is amazing how Peck makes it so effortless (even in his only second film)in portraying a young man to one in his twilight years. He personifies morality and quiet integrity in this film, reminiscent to the role that he would play nearly twenty years later in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
The supporting cast which performs more than ably is led by Cedric Hardwicke playing a monsignor who was initially critical of the Peck character but emerges having respect for him after reading his memoirs (which form the narration for the film. Others include Thomas Mitchell as the irreverent self-proclaimed atheist who does much to provide the witty humour for the film, Edmund Gwenn as Peck's plucky mentor at the seminary who uses the term "ecclesiastical mechanic" to describe priests who are inflexible and bureaucratic, and Rose Stradner as the Mother Superior who falls in love with Peck (you only get a hint of this).
One of the highlights is the film's efforts in portraying the Chinese in a sensitive manner in terms of the customs shown and dialects used. This is very unlike films of its era which tended to portray Asians in a more stereotypical fashion.
The supporting cast which performs more than ably is led by Cedric Hardwicke playing a monsignor who was initially critical of the Peck character but emerges having respect for him after reading his memoirs (which form the narration for the film. Others include Thomas Mitchell as the irreverent self-proclaimed atheist who does much to provide the witty humour for the film, Edmund Gwenn as Peck's plucky mentor at the seminary who uses the term "ecclesiastical mechanic" to describe priests who are inflexible and bureaucratic, and Rose Stradner as the Mother Superior who falls in love with Peck (you only get a hint of this).
One of the highlights is the film's efforts in portraying the Chinese in a sensitive manner in terms of the customs shown and dialects used. This is very unlike films of its era which tended to portray Asians in a more stereotypical fashion.
- raphael_lim
- Mar 2, 2002
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) officially released in India in English?
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