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Mar 17, 1999 · Molokai: Directed by Paul Cox. With David Wenham, Kate Ceberano, Jan Decleir, Chris Haywood. The true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
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- Biography, Drama
- Paul Cox
- 1999-03-17
122 minutes. Countries. Belgium. Australia. Language. English. Molokai: The Story of Father Damien is a 1999 biographical film of Father Damien, a Belgian priest working at the Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. It was directed by Paul Cox. [1]
Based on a true story, this drama focuses on Father Damien (David Wenham), a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium who takes up a post at a Hawaiian leprosy settlement. Appalled by the conditions ...
May 24, 2017 · Watch trailer. Genres: Drama. Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes. Availability: Limited + Show. To deal with the leprosy problem in the Hawaiian Islands in 1872, sufferers were relentlessly exiled to Molokai, a barren isle off the coast. There they lived in miserable surroundings, abandoned by the outside world, in their labor colony.