The Little Lord

The Little Lord

89 mins | Family, TV Movie | Dec. 18, 1996

11-year-old Christian lives with his Italian mother Gioia in poverty on the island of Ischia. His German father died in a rescue mission before Christian was born. The kind boy had an unremarkable and calm life until, one day, his grandfather Carl Schneibel finds him. Schneibel is a wealthy businessman who had never seen Christian before. Since the old lonely man has no heir, he decides to take Christian in and offer him a good education. Schneibel has never been on good terms with his son and never liked his son’s choice of wife, so he decides that Gioia must not come along. Despite, Gioia does not wish to obstruct her son’s future and allows him to go. Thanks to his good nature and his kind ways, Christian wins the heart of his grandfather and changes his life for the better.

The Little Lord

89 mins | Family, TV Movie | Dec. 18, 1996

The Little Lord
11-year-old Christian lives with his Italian mother Gioia in poverty on the island of Ischia. His German father died in a rescue mission before Christian was born. The kind boy had an unremarkable and calm life until, one day, his grandfather Carl Schneibel finds him. Schneibel is a wealthy businessman who had never seen Christian before. Since the old lonely man has no heir, he decides to take Christian in and offer him a good education. Schneibel has never been on good terms with his son and never liked his son’s choice of wife, so he decides that Gioia must not come along. Despite, Gioia does not wish to obstruct her son’s future and allows him to go. Thanks to his good nature and his kind ways, Christian wins the heart of his grandfather and changes his life for the better.
Producers StudioCanal, ARD
Original title Il piccolo lord
Directors Gianfranco Albano
Writers Frances Hodgson Burnett, Sergio Donati

Cast

Mario Adorf

as Carl Schneibel

Francesco De Pasquale

as Christian

Giovanni Mauriello

as Don Gennaro

Edoardo Velo

as Ciro

Armando De Ceccon

as Christian sen

Giuseppe Ieracitano

as Ninuccio