The Jeweller's Shop (film)

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.

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

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

ActorRole
Burt LancasterThe Jeweler
Olivia HusseyThérèse
Ben CrossStephane
Jo ChampaAnna
Andrea OcchipintiAndré
Daniel OlbrychskiFather Adam
Jonathan CrombieChristophe
Melora HardinMonica
Paul MullerDriver
Francesca BregniLiliana

References

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