Reluctant Saint, The - DVD

The story of the simple peasant boy who became known as Saint Joseph of Cupertino stars acclaimed Academy Award -winner Maximilian Schell (1961, Best Actor, Judgment at Nuremberg) as Giuseppe Desa, thought of by many as the village idiot. At a time when scholars filled the ranks of the monastery, Giuseppe longed to be a priest, and his devotion eventually won him a place among the Franciscans at Otranto, where he continued to struggle t