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In the Pope's Eye
In the Pope's Eye

In the Pope's Eye

Genres

Comedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

6.613/10

Release Date

19 September 1980

Country

Italy

Cast

Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni

self

Luciano De Crescenzo

Luciano De Crescenzo

God

Andy Luotto

Andy Luotto

self

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

self

Diego Abatantuono

Diego Abatantuono

Don Gabriele

Renzo Arbore

Renzo Arbore

self

Manfred Freyberger

Manfred Freyberger

Papa Giovanni Paolo II

Mario Marenco

Mario Marenco

self

Michael Pergolani

Michael Pergolani

self

Salvatore Baccaro

Salvatore Baccaro

Corista

Mariangela Melato

Mariangela Melato

unselected actress

Graziano Giusti

Graziano Giusti

Cardinal Richelieu

Milly Carlucci

Milly Carlucci

Annunciatrice Tv

Ruggero Orlando

Ruggero Orlando

self

Silvia Annichiarico

Silvia Annichiarico

Segretaria di Renzo Arbore

Mimma Nocelli

Mimma Nocelli

nun

Neil Hansen

Neil Hansen

Sorelle Bandiera

Tito LeDuc

Tito LeDuc

Sorelle Bandiera

Mauro Bronchi

Mauro Bronchi

Sorelle Bandiera

Otto Richter

Otto Richter

Otto

Bernd Witthüser

Bernd Witthüser

Barnelli

Fabrizio Zampa

Fabrizio Zampa

Zampa

Ferdinando Murolo

Ferdinando Murolo

Maestro coro spernacchiatori

Matteo Salvatore

Matteo Salvatore

Gallo

Gerardo Gargiulo

Gerardo Gargiulo

speaker

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Direttore Tv

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