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Black Robe

Black Robe

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 4, 1991

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Adventure, Drama, History

User Score

66%

Original Title

Black Robe

Production Companies

Samson Productions, First Choice Canadian Communication Corporation, Alliance Films

Director

Bruce Beresford

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$8,211,952

Description

Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, LaForgue travels with the Indians using his strict Catholic rules and ideals to try and impose his religion.