Don Gnocchi - L'angelo dei bimbi

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.

Cast

Daniele Liotti

Don Gnocchi

Giulio Pampiglione

Matteo

Francesco Martino

Francesco

Luisa Maneri

Rebecca

Ralph Palka

Monsignor Montini

Alexandra Dinu

Sara

Pietro Taricone

Giuseppe Esposito / Margherita

Matteo Ripaldi

Pierandrea

Francesco Stella

partigiano Aquila

Philippe Leroy

Papa Pio XII

Luciano Roffi

generale Lancia

Roberto Citran