Summary A small boy of rural Italy, befriends a Catholic priest and pleads for help to save his sick donkey. Hearing the stories of St Frances on how he loved cared, even cured animals, comes up with notion "If he could just bring his donkey to the Vatican in Rome, and ask the Pope if he could just place him in the entombed Saint's Chapel, his spiritual presence would cure him. Some how he convinces the compassionate Father to take on this pilgrimage, against all odds. View more details
Directed : Jeannot Szwarc
Written : Paul Gallico John Patrick Howard Dimsdale
Stars : Vittorio De Sica Umberto Raho Guidarino Guidi Marco Della Cava
Genres : Drama Family
Release date : Apr 10, 1973
Countries of origin : United States Italy
Language : English
Filming locations : Assisi, Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Production companies : Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions Alan Landsburg Productions
Summary A small boy of rural Italy, befriends a Catholic priest and pleads for help to save his sick donkey. Hearing the stories of St Frances on how he loved cared, even cured animals, comes up with notion "If he could just bring his donkey to the Vatican in Rome, and ask the Pope if he could just place him in the entombed Saint's Chapel, his spiritual presence would cure him. Some how he convinces the compassionate Father to take on this pilgrimage, against all odds. View more details
Genres : Drama Family
Release date : Apr 10, 1973
Countries of origin : United States Italy
Language : English
Filming locations : Assisi, Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Production companies : Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions Alan Landsburg Productions
