{{Infobox television | image = Father of Mercy.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = | creator = | based_on = | writer = | director = {{Interlanguage link|Cinzia Th. Torrini|it}} | screenplay = Simone De Rita<br/> Roberta Colombo | story = | starring = {{plainlist| * Daniele Liotti * Roberto Citran * Mattia Sbragia * Ugo Pagliai * Philippe Leroy * Pietro Taricone }} | narrator = | composer = Guido & Maurizio De Angelis | country = Italy | language = Italian | num_episodes = | producer = | editor = Anna Rosa Napoli | cinematography = Alessandro Pesci | runtime = 230 min. | company = | budget = | network = Canale 5 | released = {{Start date|2004}} }} '''''Father of Mercy''''' ({{langx|it|Don Gnocchi - L'angelo dei bimbi}}) is a 2004 Italian television movie directed by Cinzia Th. Torrini. The film is based on real life events of Roman Catholic priest and then Blessed Carlo Gnocchi.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sergio Perugini|title=Testimoni di fede, trionfatori di audience|date=November 2011|publisher=Effata Editrice IT, 2011|isbn=978-8874027323}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Alessandra Vitali|title= Daniele Liotti è Don Gnocchi poi la fiction torna al profano |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2004/i/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/fictiontv/dongnocchi/dongnocchi.html |accessdate=5 July 2015|work=La Repubblica|date=November 27, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1= Emilia Costantini|title=Fiction tv su don Gnocchi "eroe" di bimbi e mutilati |url= http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/maggio/27/Fiction_don_Gnocchi_eroe_bimbi_co_9_040527097.shtml | accessdate=5 July 2015|work=Corriere della Sera|date=May 27, 2004 }}</ref>
== Plot == The film describes the life of Father Carlo Gnocchi, and Italian priest who dedicated himself to minister to wounded and dying soldiers during World War Two, and the war's victims in Italy. Gnocchi volunteered to be the military Chaplain on the battle front, following which, he started a foundation to aid the children victims of the war.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father of Mercy: The True Story of Venerable Don Gnocchi|website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/Father-Mercy-Story-Venerable-Gnocchi/dp/B001PB3NX4}}</ref> {{no plot|date=July 2015}}
== Cast ==
* Daniele Liotti as Don Gnocchi * Giulio Pampiglioni as Matteo * Francesco Martino as Francesco * Alexandra Mutu as Sara * Pietro Taricone as Giuseppe Esposito aka Margherita * Matteo Ripaldi as Pierandrea * Luisa Maneri as Rebecca * Mattia Sbragia as Baldacci * Ugo Pagliai as Cardinal Schuster * Lucio Zagaria as Sartorelli * Luciano Roffi as General Lancia * Philippe Leroy as Pope Pius XII * Roberto Citran
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0437160}}
Category:2007 television films Category:2007 films Category:Italian drama television films Category:2000s biographical drama films Category:Films set in Italy Category:Italian biographical drama films Category:Films about religion Category:Films directed by Giacomo Campiotti Category:Films about Catholic priests Category:Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis Category:2007 drama films Category:2007 Italian films Category:2004 Italian-language films
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