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Don Gnocchi - L'angelo dei bimbi (2004)

Don Gnocchi - L'angelo dei bimbi (2004)

Drama
Release Date: 2004, February 19
Directors: Cinzia TH Torrini
Countries: Bulgaria, Italy
Production: Nimar Studios, Together Production International
Cast: Philippe Leroy, Francesco Martino, Ralph Palka, Alexandra Dinu, Luisa Maneri, Giulio Pampiglione, Luciano Roffi, Daniele Liotti, Pietro Taricone, Matteo Ripaldi, Francesco Stella

Overview:

True story of Don Carlo Gnocchi, a priest who manages in postwar Italy, upon his return from the Russian front where he participated as military chaplain for the Alpini, to build a charity that is still active today and bears his name. Two episodes recount his life from the time he became spiritual director of the Gonzaga Institute in Milan at age 34 until his death in 1956. The miniseries is based on the biography written by Giorgio Rumi and Edoardo Bressan, Don Carlo Gnocchi, life and works of a great entrepreneur of charity, Mondadori, 2002.

Keywords:

based on true story world war ii priest catholic