Movie: In the Pope's Eye

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Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni

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Luciano De Crescenzo
Luciano De Crescenzo

God

Andy Luotto
Andy Luotto

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Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini

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Diego Abatantuono
Diego Abatantuono

Don Gabriele

Renzo Arbore
Renzo Arbore

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Manfred Freyberger
Manfred Freyberger

Papa Giovanni Paolo II

Mario Marenco
Mario Marenco

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Michael Pergolani
Michael Pergolani

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Salvatore Baccaro
Salvatore Baccaro

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    The Pope is disturbed by the fact that today's youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican television station and entice them back into the religion of their ancestors. In order to particularly grab the wandering flock, a priest invites the comedians from "The Other Sunday," an actual comedy program on Italian television, to perform on this new channel.

  • Release Date

    1980-09-19

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    6.613

  • Rating:

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    Italiano
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