In the Pope's Eye(Movie, 1980)

Name: In the Pope's Eye
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980
Duration: T01:50:00
Rating: 3.4

Original title: "Il Pap'occhio" (Italian/IT)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 50min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 22 votes)

In the Pope's Eye (Italian: Il pap'occhio) is a 1980 Italian comedy film written and directed by Renzo Arbore. It was released in September 1980, and it was heavily attacked by the Catholic press. Three weeks later it was confiscated "for insulting the Catholic religion and the person of the Holy Pope" on the orders of the L'Aquila prosecutor Donato Massimo Bartolomei. The film grossed 5 billion lire being the 5th best grossing film in Italy in the 1980/1981 season. ()

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About In the Pope's Eye

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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Trailer for In the Pope's Eye + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Il Pap'Occhio - Trailer(Trailer, 6:18)

Additional Information

Production country: Italy

Plays in: Vatican City

Made by: RAI, Eidoscope Productions

Original language: Italian (IT)

Spoken languages: Italian (IT)

Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 12/10/1987 (World premiere: 09/19/1980)

Cast: Manfred Freyberger, Renzo Arbore, Roberto Benigni, Isabella Rossellini, Andy Luotto, Mario Marenco, Michael Pergolani, Otto e Barnelli, Salvatore Baccaro, Diego Abatantuono, Luciano De Crescenzo, Graziano Giusti, Milly Carlucci, Mariangela Melato, Ruggero Orlando, Martin Scorsese, Silvia Annichiarico, Gerardo Carmine Gargiulo, Matteo Salvatore, Lorenzo Spadoni, Dino Cassio

Director: Renzo Arbore

Producer: Mario Orfini

Screenwriter: Renzo Arbore, Luciano De Crescenzo

Director of Photography: Luciano Tovoli

Composer: Renzo Arbore

Costume designer: Lia Morandini

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Il pap'occhio"

"Tele Vaticano - Das Auge des Papstes"

"Vaticano Show"

"Ενας Πάπας... μα τι Πάπας!"

"O Olho do Papa"

Keywords: pope, religion

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