The Reluctant Saint (1962)
1h 45m
Running Time
November 2, 1962Release Date
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
1h 45m
Running Time
November 2, 1962Release Date
Plot.
Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.
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Cast & Crew.
Maximilian Schell
Giuseppe
Ricardo Montalban
Don Raspi
Lea Padovani
Giuseppe's Mother
Akim Tamiroff
Bishop Durso
Harold Goldblatt
Father Giovanni- 'The Father Guardian'
Arnoldo Foà
Felixa- Giuseppe's Father
Carlo Croccolo
The Gobbo- the Hunchback
Giulio Bosetti
Brother Orlando
Armand Mestral
Elisa Cegani
Sister
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Tonio Selwart
Examining Prelate
Nino Rota
Music
Claude Hitchcock
Sound Director
John Fante
Writer
C.M. Pennington-Richards
Director of Photography
Vincenzo Labella
Technical Advisor
Otello Fava
Makeup Designer
Mario Chiari
Art Direction
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Joseph Petracca
Writer
Edward Dmytryk
Director / Producer
Manuel del Campo
Editor
Mara Blasetti
Unit Manager
Sergio Bergamini
Camera Operator
Giorgio Morra
Production Manager
Marisa Crimi
Assistant Costume Designer
Pasquale Romano
Assistant Art Director
Alberto Lolli
Ed McCready
Odoardo Spadaro
Mino Doro
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Reluctant Saint is a 1962 American-Italian historical comedy drama film which tells the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th-century Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
It stars Maximilian Schell as Giuseppe Desa, as well as Ricardo Montalbán, Lea Padovani, Akim Tamiroff, and Harold Goldblatt. The movie was written by John Fante and Joseph Petracca and directed by Edward Dmytryk. It was made in Rome, with the film's sets designed by the art director, Mario Chiari.
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