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In the Pope's Eye (1980)

Film · 1980 · 95 min · Comedy

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.

Directed by Renzo Arbore

Starring Roberto Benigni, Luciano De Crescenzo, Andy Luotto, Isabella Rossellini, Diego Abatantuono, Renzo Arbore, Manfred Freyberger, Mario Marenco

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First release anywhere19 September 1980

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