In the Name of the Pope King (1977)

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Country: Italy
Genres: Drama, History
Release: 1986-05-16
Director: Luigi Magni
Writers: Luigi Magni
Language: Italian
Stars: Nino Manfredi , Danilo Mattei , Carmen Scarpitta , Giovannella Grifeo , Carlo Bagno , Gabriella Giacobbe , Luigi Basagaluppi , Rosalino Cellamare , Nino Dal Fabbro , Ettore Manni
Runtime: 105 min
Awards: 8 wins
AKA: En nombre del papa rey (Spain) , Au nom du pape roi (France, French Republic) , Em Nome do Papa Rei (Brazil) , In nome del papa re (Italy) , In nome del papa re , En nombre del papa rey (Argentina) , In the Name of the Pope King (United States of America) , In naam van de koning-paus (Belgium) , W imieniu narodu włoskiego (Poland) , Em Nome do Papa-Rei (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Em Nome do Papa Rei (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , В името на папата цар (Bulgaria) , U ime pape kralja (Croatia) , Au nom du pape roi (Belgium) , A királypápa nevében (Hungary)
Plot: In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular power. That night, three rebels blow up the Zouaves' barracks. Colombo learns that a brief liaison with a countess 20 years' before produced a son, one of the rebels arrested for the bombing. He uses his influence to gain the youth's release, hides him, and then engages in doomed battles of wit with the court and with the Black Pope to free the other two. Can this priest be a father, blunt power, and live out his faith?
IMDB:tt0076185