In the Pope's Eye (Il Pap'occhio) 43 years old

The Pope is disturbed by the fact that today's youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican television station and entice them back into the religion of their ancestors. In order to particularly grab the wandering flock, a priest invites the comedians from "The Other Sunday," an actual comedy program on Italian television, to perform on this new channel. He sets up a show that parodies an over-the-hill transvestite group, the Flagg Sisters, played by themselves. This understandably upsets one of the more eminent Cardinals who tries every means he can to stop the show. Nothing succeeds, and he can only assemble with all the other devout men of God to view the first live broadcast. Worked into the plot are several outrageously incongruous scenes that casually juxtapose the secular and sacred, including God at the wheel of a Fiat - what else would He drive?

Credits

Martin Scorsese as Regista TV

Roberto Benigni as Himself

Isabella Rossellini as Isabella

Andy Luotto as Himself

Luciano De Crescenzo as Dio

Diego Abatantuono as Padre Gabriele

In the Pope's Eye Cast

Name	Character
Martin Scorsese He was 37, now 81 years old	as Regista TV
Roberto Benigni He was 27, now 71 years old	as Himself
Isabella Rossellini She was 28, now 71 years old	as Isabella
Andy Luotto He was 30, now 73 years old	as Himself
Luciano De Crescenzo He was 52, 90 years old when he died	as Dio
Diego Abatantuono He was 25, now 68 years old	as Padre Gabriele
Renzo Arbore He was 43, now 86 years old	as himself

In the Pope's Eye Crew

Name	Department
Renzo Arbore as Director. He was 43 (now 86) years old	Directing
Luciano De Crescenzo as Writer. He was 52 (90) years old when He died	Writing

In the Pope's Eye (43 years)

Release day: Friday, September 19, 1980
Runtime: 98 minutes