Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Apr 13, 2018 5:48:37 GMT
The Reluctant Saint (1962), directed by Edward Dmytryk, with Maximillian Schell, Ricardo Montalban, Akim Tamiroff and Lea Padovani. DVR'd off of TCM a while back. First time viewing.
Pleasant comedy-drama, a somewhat fictionalized version of the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th-century Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. Sprinkled throughout with gentle humor, and filmed (in B&W) in Italy.
Interesting to see Schell in the role he played here, so soon after winning the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as the defense attorney in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
Pleasant comedy-drama, a somewhat fictionalized version of the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th-century Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. Sprinkled throughout with gentle humor, and filmed (in B&W) in Italy.
Interesting to see Schell in the role he played here, so soon after winning the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as the defense attorney in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).