Film

The Good Thief

1980 · 1h 48m · Comedy

IMDb

6.8

Caleb, "son of nobody" (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus' day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. When he witnesses Jesus turning water into wine, he thinks he's found a competitor. So Caleb goes on, convinced that Jesus is a fake just as he is, always trying to figure out his tricks. In the meantime, he gets involved with a prostitute (played by Edwige Fenech), but also with the wife of a Roman patrician (played by the equally alluring Bernadette Lafont), he steals a few goats and cons a few people, he befriends a lovable dog and gets in trouble with some Roman soldiers.

Enrico Montesano

Caleb

Edwige Fenech

Debora

Bernadette Lafont

Appula

Claudio Cassinelli

Gesù

Enzo Robutti

Centurion

Daniele Vargas

Rufo

Sara Franchetti

Maddalena

Stefania D'Amario

Rachele, wife of Batuele

Jamil Joudi

Batuele

Zuzana Martinková

Marta

Anna Orso

Maria

Marcella Petrelli

Prostitute

Auretta Gay

Girl next to Rufus

Moncef Ben Yahia

• Pasquale Festa CampanileDirector · Novel
• Renato GhiottoScreenplay
• Ottavio JemmaScreenplay
• Santino SpartàScreenplay
• Stefano UbezioScreenplay
• Fulvio LucisanoProducer
• Franco DesiatoExecutive Producer
• Tarak Ben AmmarExecutive Producer
• Giancarlo FerrandoDirector of Photography
• Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer

Release date

February 1, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

T

Genres

Comedy