I Was a Parish Priest

{{short description|1953 film by Rafael Gil}}

{{Infobox film

| name = I Was a Parish Priest

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| director = Rafael Gil

| producer = Manuel J. Goyanes

| writer = {{ubl|Vicente Escrivá|Ramón D. Faraldo}}

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| starring = {{ubl|Claude Laydu|Francisco Rabal|José Marco Davó}}

| music = Joaquín Rodrigo

| cinematography = Alfredo Fraile

| editing = José Antonio Rojo

| studio = Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas

| distributor = CIFESA

| released = {{Film date|1953|09|30|df=yes}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

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I Was a Parish Priest or God's War (Spanish: La guerra de Dios) is a 1953 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Claude Laydu, Francisco Rabal and José Marco Davó.Bentley p.121 It was awarded the Gran Premio at the first ever San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was also shown at the Venice Film Festival where it was awarded the Bronze Lion.

It portrays the efforts of a young Priest sent to a poor mining village in the early 1930s.