In the Name of the Father

Oct 12, 1971

1h 49m

★ 6.4

Overview

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.

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Cast

Angelo Transeunti

Yves Beneyton

Father Corazza

Renato Scarpa

Bestia

Piero Vida

Franco

Aldo Sassi

Salvatore, a servant

Lou Castel

Franco's Mother

Laura Betti

Servant

Simone Carella

Camma

Marco Romizi

Prefect Diotaiuti

Amerigo Alberani

Bocciofili

Gérard Boucaron

Father Matematicus

Edoardo Torricella

Tino

Tino Maestroni

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