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The Devil's Advocate is a film of genre Drama directed by Guy Green with John Mills
The Devil's Advocate (1977)
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Add to a movie listThe Devil's Advocate, originally released as Des Teufels Advokat, is a 1977 West German English-language film, directed by Guy Green (his final theatrical film) and based on the novel of the same name by the Australian writer Morris West.
It stars John Mills, Paola Pitagora, Stéphane Audran, Leigh Lawson, Jason Miller and Daniel Massey. The film is set in Italy but was filmed predominantly in West Germany.
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In 1958, the Catholic Church is investigating the case of a mysterious individual, Giacomo Nerone (Leigh Lawson), who is said to have performed miracles in a remote village in southern Italy (Scontrone), before being executed by Italian Communist partisans in 1944. The process involves a "Devil's advocate", who is tasked with discovering any details about the subject's life that would indicate their canonisation would be inappropriate.Actors
John Mills
(Monsignor Blaise Meredith)
Paola Pitagora
(Nina Sanduzzi)
Stéphane Audran
(Contess Anne Di Sanctis)
Jason Miller
(Dr. Aldo Meyer)
Leigh Lawson
(Giacomo Nerone / James Black)
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