Where was The Cardinal filmed?
1963 film, directed by Otto Preminger.
- Vienna
The story is set in Vatican City, about 476 miles (765 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Vatican City
- Filmed in
- Vienna
- Distance
- About 476 miles (765 km) between Vatican City and the nearest filming location.
About The Cardinal
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- Released
- 1963
- Director
- Otto Preminger
- Cast
- Tom TryonRomy SchneiderCarol LynleyJill HaworthRaf ValloneJohn SaxonJosef MeinradBurgess MeredithOssie DavisDorothy Gish
- Genre
- Drama
- Based on
- The Cardinal
- Awards
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films; Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The story
The film is shown as a series of memory flashbacks during a formal ceremony where the protagonist is instituted as a cardinal.
Stephen and his Irish Catholic family will only permit Mona to marry Benny if he becomes a Catholic or agrees to raise any children as Catholic, as demanded by the papal bull Ne Temere (superseded in 1970).
Concerned about the young priest's ambition, the Archbishop of Boston Cardinal Lawrence Glennon assigns Stephen to an out-of-the-way parish where it is hoped that he will learn humility.
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