Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God

Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God (Papa Luciani - Il sorriso di Dio) is a 2006 Italian television movie written and directed by Giorgio Capitani. The film is based on real life events of Roman Catholic Pope John Paul I.

Plot
Contrary to his father's socialist views, Albino Luciani (the Pope's birth name) entered the lower seminary in Feltre. After being ordained a priest in 1935, he became a vicar in his home parish. Then, while teaching theology at the seminary, he wrote a doctoral dissertation. In 1958 he became a bishop of Vittorio Veneto, in 1973 a cardinal, and a pope in 1978.

Cast

 * Neri Marcorè as Albino Luciani
 * José María Blanco as Card. Jean-Marie Villot
 * Paolo Romano as Don Diego Lorenzi
 * Franco Interlenghi as Agostino Casaroli
 * Imma Colomer Marcet as Sister Lucia dos Santos
 * Gabriele Ferzetti as Cardinal Giuseppe Siri
 * Roberto Citran as Luigi Tiezzi
 * Jacques Sernas as Paul Marcinkus
 * Sergio Fiorentini as Father Gruber
 * Alberto Di Stasio as Gioacchino Muccin
 * Giorgia Bongianni as Bortola Luciani
 * Giuseppe Antignati as Cardinal Karol Wojtyła
 * Emilio De Marchi as  Girolamo Bortignon