In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

107 mins | Comedy | Oct. 12, 1971

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.

In the Name of the Father

107 mins | Comedy | Oct. 12, 1971

In the Name of the Father
In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Vides Cinematografica
Original title Nel nome del padre
Directors Eleonora Pallottini, Ugo Novello, Simone Carella, Amerigo Alberani, Marco Bellocchio
Writers Marco Bellocchio

Cast

Yves Beneyton

as Angelo Transeunti

Renato Scarpa

as Father Corazza

Piero Vida

as Bestia

Aldo Sassi

as Franco

Lou Castel

as Salvatore, a servant

Laura Betti

as Franco's Mother

Simone Carella

as Servant

Marco Romizi

as Camma

Amerigo Alberani

as Prefect Diotaiuti

Gérard Boucaron

as Bocciofili

Edoardo Torricella

as Father Matematicus

Tino Maestroni

as Tino

Gisella Burinato

as Lisetta

Luisa Di Gaetano

as Virgin of our Relief

Claudio Besestri

as Muscolo

Livio Galassi

as Marsilio

Orazio Stracuzzi

as Remondini

Christian Aligny

as The Rector

Lella Cattaneo

as Audience member (uncredited)

Gianni Schicchi

as Ghiaccio

Guerrino Crivello

as inserviente Beato

Marino Cenna

as inserviente Nicola