In the Pope's Eye
Sep 19 1980
•2h 35m
•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.
Cast
See allRoberto Benigni
self
Luciano De Crescenzo
God
Andy Luotto
self
Isabella Rossellini
self
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