Mother Teresa of Calcutta (film)
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta | |
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Genre | Biography |
Written by | Francesco Scardamaglia Massimo Cerofolini |
Directed by | Fabrizio Costa |
Starring | Olivia Hussey |
Theme music composer | Guy Farley |
Country of origin | Italy |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Anselmo Parrinello |
Editor | Alessandro Lucidi |
Running time | 176 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 19 October 2003 |
Mother Teresa of Calcutta is a 2003
television film based on the life of Mother Teresa, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity religious institute. The film stars Olivia Hussey in the title role and received a CAMIE award in 2007. The film was originally produced as the Italian television miniseries Madre Teresa
.
Cast information
- Olivia Hussey as Mother Teresa
- Sebastiano Somma as Father Serrano: a Vatican priest sent to evaluate Mother Teresa's application for the founding of the Missionaries of Charity. Initially sceptical, he eventually becomes a follower of Mother Teresa.
- spiritual director.
- Laura Morante as Mother Cenacle
- Ingrid Rubio as Sister Agnes/Virginia
- Guillermo Ayesa as Perier
- Valeria Cavalli as Drane
- Enzo De Caro as Enzo Decaro
- Morgane Slemp as Silvia
- Antonia Frering as Sister Stephanie
- Emily Hamilton as Anna
- Ravindra Randeniya as Police Chief
- Daya Alwis as Kaligarth seller
- W. Jayasiri as Mr. Goma
See also
- Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor, 1997 film.
References
- Mother Teresa at IMDb
External links
- Mother Teresa (2003). A review of the film by Steven D. Greydanus, originally published in National Catholic Register.