A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through its president Roberto Calvi, notoriously found dead under the Blackfriars Bridge in London in June 1982.
Acting
Rutger Hauer's sleazy American cardinal steals every scene.
Direction
Ferrara's documentary grit makes fiction feel like evidence.
Director
Giuseppe Ferrara
Giancarlo Giannini
Flavio Carboni
Omero Antonutti
Roberto Calvi
Alessandro Gassmann
Francesco Pazienza
Rutger Hauer
Paul Marcinkus
Pamela Villoresi
Clara Calvi
Vincenzo Peluso
Silvano Vittor
Alessandra Bellini
Anna Calvi
Pier Paolo Capponi
Roberto Rosone
Franco Diogene
Luigi Mennini
Carlo Saito
Alex Mennini
Camillo Milli
Licio Gelli
Franco Olivero
Michele Sindona
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Roberto Calvi was found with bricks in his pockets and £15,000 in cash — the film recreates this exactly.
Banco Ambrosiano's collapse was Italy's biggest bankruptcy; 'God's banker' became global shorthand for Vatican financial scandal.
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