Black Robe (film) Quotes

Black Robe (film) is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . Black Robe ended in 1970.

It features Robert Lantos as producer, Georges Delerue in charge of musical score, and Peter James (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

Black Robe (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in Canada. Each episode of Black Robe (film) is 101 minutes long. Black Robe (film) is distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Company.

The cast includes: August Schellenberg as Chomina, Aden Young as Daniel, Jean Brousseau as Champlain, François Tassé as Father Bourque, Sandrine Holt as Annuka, Billy Two Rivers as Ougebmat, Yvan Labelle as Mestigoit, and Frank Wilson as Father Jerome.

Black Robe (film) Quotes

Yvan Labelle as Mestigoit

• (Yvan Labelle) "Watch this, he is going to cast a spell."
• (Unnamed) "Oh God of mercy, please bless this innocent child --"
• (August Schellenberg) "No. He is talking to his God."
• (Unnamed) "-- in nomini patri et fili et spiritu sancti --"
• (Billy Two Rivers) "See that sign? That's how they steal our spirit."

August Schellenberg as Chomina

• (August Schellenberg) "Tell me, Blackrobe, what does your dream say now?"
• (Unnamed) "I am too weary for dreams."
• (August Schellenberg) "You must. If you do not, how do you see the way ahead?"
• (Unnamed) "Put my trust in God. He will guide me all the way to paradise."
• (August Schellenberg) "But you have not seen this paradise. No man should welcome death. This world is a cruel place, but it is the sunlight. I am sorry I leave now."

• (August Schellenberg) "Tomorrow do not cry out."
• (Aden Young) "If we do cry out, will they stop (torturing us)?"
• (August Schellenberg) "No, they will not stop. But if you cry out when you die, they will have your spirit."

• (August Schellenberg) "If we had kept our promise to Champlain, there would be no problem."
• (Billy Two Rivers) "Promise? For axes, pots, and flints? Not even one musket."
• (August Schellenberg) "But we accepted their gifts. We have come to need them. This is our undoing; and it will be our ending."
• (Yvan Labelle) "They are not gifts. There are no gifts given by the French that aren't paid for."

• (August Schellenberg) "Blackrobe, what you do?"
• (Unnamed) "I am making words."
• (August Schellenberg) "Making words? You not speak."
• (Unnamed) "I will show you. Tell me something."
• (August Schellenberg) "Tell what?"
• (Unnamed) "Something I do not know."
• (August Schellenberg) "My woman's mother die in snow last winter."
• (Aden Young) "It says Chomina's woman's mother died in snow last winter."
• (Unnamed) "I have still other, greater things I can teach you."
• (Billy Two Rivers) "He is a demon."

• (Unnamed) "They have hairy faces like dogs. Who are they?"
• (August Schellenberg) "They are French."
• (Unnamed) "We have come to help you. We have been sent by our God, who is the God of us all."
• (Unnamed) "He can't speak properly."
• (August Schellenberg) "They have their own tongue. It is like birds singing."
• (Unnamed) "Are they intelligent?"
• (Billy Two Rivers) "No."

• (Unnamed) "When I die, Chomina, I will go to paradise. Let me baptise you so I may take you with me."
• (August Schellenberg) "Why would I go to your paradise? Are my people there? My woman? My boy? There's only blackrobes."

Sandrine Holt as Annuka

• (Sandrine Holt) "A dream is real. It must be obeyed."
• (Unnamed) "We will do as she asks. What can we say to people who think that dreams are the real world; this one is an illusion. Perhaps they're right."
• (Aden Young) "Farewell, Father Laforgue."
• (Unnamed) "No farewells. Not in this land. And no greetings, no names. The forests speak. The dead talk at night. God bless you both."

Jean Brousseau as Champlain

• (Jean Brousseau) "1,500 miles by canoe, in that country, at the beginning of the winter. Death is almost certain, Father Bourque."
• (François Tassé) "Death is not always a great evil, Monsieur Champlain."
• (Jean Brousseau) "God should have made me a Jesuit. You have answers for everything."

Aden Young as Daniel

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Frank Wilson as Father Jerome

• (Frank Wilson) "Our only hope is that; some believe that baptism will cure their fever. If they ask for baptism, we must have a great public ceremony at once."
• (Unnamed) "Fr. Jerome, shouldn't we; I mean, mustn't they understand our faith before accepting it?"
• (Frank Wilson) "Understand? But they are in danger of death, and we are offering them a place in Paradise."

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