Don Gnocchi - L'angelo dei bimbi

Name: Don Gnocchi - L'angelo dei bimbi
Director: Cinzia TH Torrini
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004-02-19
Duration: 3 h 20 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Daniele Liotti, Giulio Pampiglione, Francesco Martino, Luisa Maneri, Ralph Palka

Directed by Cinzia TH Torrini

Drama

20043h 20m6.0

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.