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In the Pope's Eye(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-09-19
66%
51 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Eidoscope Productions
Movie: In the Pope's Eye
Top 10 Billed Cast
Roberto Benigni
self
Luciano De Crescenzo
God
Andy Luotto
self
Isabella Rossellini
self
Diego Abatantuono
Don Gabriele
Renzo Arbore
self
Manfred Freyberger
Papa Giovanni Paolo II
Mario Marenco
self
Michael Pergolani
self
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Overview
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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6.6
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