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The Jeweller's Shop (film)

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La bottega dell'orefice
Directed byMichael Anderson
Written byJeff Andrus
Karol Wojtyla (play)
Produced byMario Bregni
Pietro Bregni
StarringBurt Lancaster
Olivia Hussey
CinematographyFranco Di Giacomo
Edited byRon Wisman
Music byMichel Legrand
Distributed byAlliance Entertainment
Release date
  • December 19, 1988 (1988-12-19) (Vatican City)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesItaly
Austria
Canada
Germany
LanguageEnglish

La bottega dell'orefice is a 1988 Italian-Austrian-Canadian-German drama film based on The Jeweler's Shop, a play written by Karol Józef Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II) and scripted by Jeff Andrus, starring Burt Lancaster and Olivia Hussey, directed by Michael Anderson.

Plot

In this romantic story The Jeweler (Burt Lancaster) sells wedding rings to a young couple and teaches them some precious truths about the meaning of love and marriage. The jeweller also helps another couple to fight for their troubled marriage, rebuilding their relationship. The reborn love between this second couple teaches their daughter that a loving marriage is possible, and she eventually accepts the marriage proposal from the first couple's son.

Cast

Actor Role
Burt Lancaster The Jeweler
Olivia Hussey Thérèse
Ben Cross Stephane
Jo Champa Anna
Andrea Occhipinti André
Daniel Olbrychski Father Adam
Jonathan Crombie Christophe
Melora Hardin Monica
Paul Muller Driver
Francesca Bregni Liliana

References

  • Canada and Canadians in feature films: a filmography, 1928-1990, by Ian K. Easterbrook, Susan Waterman MacLean