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4 days ago · The 2017 American documentary film The Devil and Father Amorth, directed by William Friedkin, presents the exorcist at work in an Italian village. Russell Crowe portrays Amorth in the 2023 supernatural horror film The Pope's Exorcist, based on the priest's two memoirs.
Jul 8, 2024 · The Devil and Father Amorth (2017) Directed by William Friedkin, the creator of "The Exorcist," this documentary follows Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's chief exorcist. The film includes real footage of an exorcism performed by Father Amorth, providing an unfiltered look into his work.
4 days ago · The trailer of the upcoming Russell Crowe movie The Pope’s Exorcist indicates that the film might not do justice to the Italian exorcist Father Gabriel Amorth or the rite of exorcism as practiced in the Catholic Church, according to an exorcist organization Amorth himself helped to found.
5 days ago · Sony Pictures reported that the film is “inspired by the true story of Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s Chief Exorcist.” However, priests like Msgr. Stephen Rossetti and Father José Antonio Fortea, among others, pointed out that the movie does not seem inspired by the life of the famous Italian priest.
Jul 9, 2024 · In 2017, Friedkin directed the documentary The Devil and Father Amorth about the ninth exorcism of a woman in the Italian village of Alatri. In August 2022, it was announced officially that Friedkin would be returning to film directing to helm an adaptation of the two-act play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial with Kiefer Sutherland starring as Lt ...
5 days ago · The film entitled “The Pope’s Exorcist,” follows the life of Rome’s former chief exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth. Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe will portray Father Amorth. Father Amorth was Rome’s chief exorcist from 1986 until his death in 2016 at age 91.
Jul 14, 2024 · By Maisy Sullivan Washington D.C., Jul 20, 2022 / 14:11 pm Actor Russell Crowe will star as the late Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s former chief exorcist, in an upcoming movie, “The Pope’s Exorcist.” Amorth performed an estimated 100,000 exorcisms up until the time of his death at age 91 in 2...
