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Burt Lancaster stars as the titular merchant in this classic adaptation of Pope John Paul II's best-selling play "The Jeweller's Shop," an inspiring drama about three married couples and their ups and downs in holy matrimony. With a faithful jeweler acting as their spiritual adviser, three sets of husbands and wives struggle to live their lives with love, steering clear of avarice and infidelity. Olivia Hussey and Ben Cross also star.

Main Cast
Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. In the late 1950s Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once — for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). Lancaster also directed two films: The Kentuckian (1955) and The Midnight Man (1974). In 1999, the American Film Institute named Lancaster nineteenth among the greatest male stars of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Lancaster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Daniel Olbrychski
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Daniel Olbrychski (Polish pronunciation: [ɔlˈbrɨxskʲi]; born 27 February 1945) is a Polish actor best known for leading roles in several Andrzej Wajda movies and also known for playing a defector and spymaster Vassily Orlov, alongside Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in the movie Salt.
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Ben Cross
Ben Cross (16 December 1947 - 18 August 2020) was a British actor of the stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and as Sarek in the 2009 reboot film Star Trek. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Cross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Andrea Occhipinti
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Andrea Occhipinti (born September 12, 1957) is an Italian actor and producer (Lucky Red). He was born in Milan. Among the many films he has appeared in, he worked with director Lucio Fulci in the films The New York Ripper and Conquest. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrea Occhipinti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey (April 17, 1951 – December 27, 2024) was an Argentine-British actress best known for her roles as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Jess Bradford in Black Christmas, Norma Bates in Psycho IV: The Beginning and Audra in Stephen King's It. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Hussey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Melora Hardin
Melora Hardin (born June 29, 1967) is an American actress known for her roles as Jan Levinson on NBC's The Office, Trudy Monk on USA Network's Monk, and Tammy Cashman on Amazon Prime Video's Transparent, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Hardin starred as magazine editor-in-chief Jacqueline Carlyle on the Freeform comedy-drama The Bold Type, which aired from June 2017 to June 2021.
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Jonathan Crombie
Jonathan Crombie was a Canadian actor and voice-over artist, best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels.
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Movie Details
Production Info
- Director:
- Michael Anderson
- Writer:
- Jeff Andrus
- Production:
- ORF, Alliance Films, Produzioni Atlas Consorziate, Alliance Entertainment, European Film Partners (EFP), Beta Film, ZDF, RAI
Key Crew
- Original Music Composer:
- Michel Legrand
- Casting:
- Lynn Stalmaster
- Producer:
- Mario Bregni
- Producer:
- Pietro Bregni
- Theatre Play:
- Pope John Paul II
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- AT; CA; US
- Filming:
- AT; CA; DE; IT
- Languages:
- en