Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Apr 13, 2005

0h 52m

★ 0.0

The scientific, religious and human epic of a big spirit of the twentieth century.

Overview

This documentary delivers a moving portrait of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The narrative of the life of this Jesuit and scientist of international reputation is read as an adventure novel.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

CC&C

KTO TV

Rete Blu SpA

Fondation Teilhard de Chardin

CNC

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

6.6

Black Robe

Oct 4, 1991

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.

7.1

Silence

Dec 23, 2016

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

7.2

Silence

Nov 13, 1971

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.

6.4

Sermões

May 24, 1989

Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador, Bahia, in 1697. He's considered the first Brazilian writer and one of the most important aesthete of linguistic and of the Portuguese language of all times, a master in the art of metaphor, of verbal relations and analogy. He was persecuted and condemned by the Portuguese Court of Inquisition due to his position against native slavery, against the intolerance to the Jewish people and to the colonial politics of exploration.

10.0

Xavier

Sep 29, 2006

Fourth Week Films and the New Orleans Jesuit Province present Xavier, a new PBS-style documentary film on the life of the famed 16th-century Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier. Narrated by Liam Neeson, Xavier tells the missionary's compelling story through dramatizations, interviews, contemporary location shots, paintings and engravings, maps, and most importantly, the extant letters of Xavier. The film features interviews with distinguished scholars of Jesuit and Renaissance history including Ingrid Rowland (Notre Dame University), Andrew Ross (University of Edinburgh), Lourdes del Costa (University of Goa, India), Anthony Ucerler, SJ (Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome), Gauvin Bailey (Clark University) and John O'Malley, SJ, (Weston Jesuit School of Theology).

6.0

Ignatius of Loyola

Jul 27, 2016

Historical biographical religious drama film based on the memoirs of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order who was also canonized as a saint in Roman Catholicism.

5.0

Secret Societies

Jun 15, 2007

Philip Gardiner has spent his life on a crusade uncovering the truth behind myths, legends and ancient mysteries. In Secret Societies, Gardiner's quest is to uncover truths and secrets of the world's most powerful men in history. Gardiner delves into a world that is formidably hidden from our eyes and finds himself in situations that seem to mirror the fictional world of the Da Vinci Code. Discover the core of the 'Secret Societies' belief systems. Explore the secret origins of Freemasonry and the links to Serpent Cults. Examine the actual members of the "Illuminati," analyze the history of the group in Europe and America.

0.0

YAWIMÉ: Las Huellas de Javier y Joaquín

Jun 20, 2024

In conmemoration of the anniversatry of their martyrdoms in Cerocahui, the voices in the Sierra Tarahumara community raise their voices around the unjust death of the jesuits.

0.0

Me? Xavier!

Nov 11, 2023

Depicts with song and dance the anguish of Francis Xavier, the missionary known for introducing Christianity to Japan for the first time, in this musical period drama fantasy.

0.0

Ajishama, The White Ibis

Jan 1, 2003

Shot in Venezuela over a 30-year period, this documentary depicts the life and work of José Maria Korta, the controversial Jesuit Missionary with the Ye'kwana people of the Amazon.

7.0

Crossroads

Sep 30, 2006

The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.

7.9

This Special Friendship

Sep 4, 1964

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.

5.0

The Society of Jesus

Sep 16, 2017

It is the mid 17th century. The Jesuits spread their influence in Central Europe. Maria, a young Countess lives in the castle. Father Had is a honest and ardent servant of the Society of Jesus. He is dedicated to his life's mission, and as such he is an ideal tool in the hands of his superiors, who have their own plans. Had becomes Maria's confessor. Her woman's charm, intelligence and energy, as well as her beauty, are a constant temptation to him. Jesuits are making pressure on Had to finally realize their plans. Will the Jesuits, at last, achieve their goals and take the castle?

0.0

Elijah's Secret

Nov 20, 2016

Professor Elijah Steinbeck has been hiding something from the world: he is a Jesuit priest, pretending to be a Baptist preacher. Paired with his directive to "convert the church from inside out" is his mission to access the latent power of the soul by conducting top-secret human trials. Things are going as planned, until Captain Christopher Holmes, an officer in the U.S. Army and journalist for the Sun and Stripes News, as well as a servant of God, steps in.

0.0

After Hitler: The Untold Story

Mar 27, 2018

Germany surrenders, but the war isn't over for the millions of displaced people across Europe.

0.0

Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez

Feb 12, 2021

“Working-class Latino hood, crossed with crazy artist, crossed with left-wing radical,” so the legendary underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez is described in this intimate portrait by his wife, Emmy-nominated filmmaker Susan Stern.

4.6

The Making of Requiem for a Dream

May 22, 2001

A dive into the production of Darren Aronofsky's psychological drama.

0.0

A-Chin

Oct 19, 2019

No overview available.

8.8

Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony

Aug 24, 2008

No overview available.

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