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Oct 22, 1982 · Monsignor: Directed by Frank Perry. With Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller. An ambitious priest seduces a nun and leads the Vatican into shady business during and after World War II.
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- Crime, Drama, War
- Frank Perry
- 1982-10-22
Monsignor is a 1982 American drama film directed by Frank Perry about a Roman Catholic priest's rise through the ranks of the Vatican, during and after World War II. Along the way, he involves the Vatican in the black marketeering operations of a Mafia don, and has an affair with a woman in the postulant stage of becoming a nun. He eventually ...
Monsignor: Directed by Frank Perry. With Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller. An ambitious priest seduces a nun and leads the Vatican into shady business during and after World War II.
The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun. Frank Perry. Jack-Alain Léger. Abraham Polonsky.
Directed by Frank Perry. Forgive me, Father for I have sinned. I have killed for my Country, I have stolen for my Church, I have loved a Woman, and I am a Priest. The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II.
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- Frank Yablans Presentations, 20th Century Fox
- Frank Perry
The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
Opening in the year 1943, inside an American Catholic church, John Flaherty (Christopher Reeve) is ordained as a priest and is included among a group of young men who will soon depart to serve as Army chaplains in Europe during World War II.
