The Reluctant Saint poster

Movie · 1962

The Reluctant Saint

Released 2 November 1962 More from 1962 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Akim Tamiroff
as Bishop Durso
63
Mino Doro
59
Elisa Cegani
as Sister Nunziata
51
Arnoldo Foà
as Felixa- Giuseppe's Father
46
Armand Mestral
44
Mel Welles
38
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
37
Curt Lowens
36
Maximilian Schell
as Giuseppe
31
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
23
Gustavo De Nardo
Unknown
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
40years between the oldest and youngest billed
63Akim Tamiroff — oldest on the call sheet
23Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast
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