In the Pope's Eye

In the Pope's Eye

95 mins | Comedy | Sept. 19, 1980

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.

In the Pope's Eye

95 mins | Comedy | Sept. 19, 1980

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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers RAI, Eidoscope Productions
Original title Il Pap'occhio
Directors Monica Raimondo, Flavia Sante Vanin, Fabrizio Corallo, Albino Cocco, Renzo Arbore
Writers Renzo Arbore, Luciano De Crescenzo

Cast

Roberto Benigni

as self

Andy Luotto

as self

Diego Abatantuono

as don Gabriele

Renzo Arbore

as self

Manfred Freyberger

as Pope John Paul II

Mario Marenco

as self

Salvatore Baccaro

as chorister

Mariangela Melato

as unselected actress

Graziano Giusti

as Cardinal Richelieu

Milly Carlucci

as nun announcer tv

Ruggero Orlando

as self

Silvia Annichiarico

as Renzo Arbore's secretary

Mimma Nocelli

as nun

Neil Hansen

as member of the Flag Sisters

Tito LeDuc

as member of the Flag Sisters

Mauro Bronchi

as member of the Flag Sisters

Otto Richter

as Otto

Bernd Witthüser

as Barnelli

Fabrizio Zampa

as Zampa

Ferdinando Murolo

as Maestro coro spernacchiatori

Matteo Salvatore

as Gallo

Gerardo Gargiulo

as speaker

Martin Scorsese

as TV Director