“THE PICTURE THAT TOUCHES NEW HEIGHTS OF EMOTION”
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
December 15, 19442h 17mEN
7.1
51 votes
Overview
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
Director
John M. StahlWhere to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
Mandarin
Budget
$3.0M
Revenue
$2.4M
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
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7.0I sometimes wonder whether politics in the 21st century might be a bit more stable around the globe, were we not to have spent much of the last century sending folks like "Father Chisholm" all over the place imposing Christianity on peoples who had got along splendidly for aeons without it... This film depicts one such gentleman - a well meaning Father who struggles to find fulfilment at home in Scotland. His seminarian friend Edmund Gwenn is now the Bishop, and decides he needs a challenge - so he is duly dispatched to China where he is tasked with spreading his faith amongst those in a war-t…
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