''Maria Goretti'' is a 2003 Italian television movie directed by

Giulio Base Giulio Base (born 6 December 1964) is an Italian film director. He has received two doctorates, one in Literature and Philosophy and another in Theology, and has been a member of Mensa International since 1996. Career Base began his career a ...

and starring Martina Pinto in the title role. The film is based on real life events of Catholic

virgin martyr The title Virgin (Latin ''Virgo'', Greek ) is an honorific bestowed on female saints and blesseds in some Christian traditions, including the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. Chastity is one of the seven virtues in Christian tr ...

and saint

Maria Goretti Maria Teresa Goretti (; October 16, 1890 – July 6, 1902) is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and the family ...

Cast

* Martina Pinto as

* Fabrizio Bucci as Alessandro Serenelli *

Massimo Bonetti Massimo Bonetti (born 28 March 1951) is an Italian actor and director. Life and career Born in Rome, Bonetti after several years as character actor debuted in a leading role in 1981, in Aurelio Chiesa's ''Bim Bum Bam''. Then, he obtained role ...

as Luigi Goretti *

Luisa Ranieri Luisa Ranieri (born 16 December 1973) is an Italian actress. She has been seen in a number of miniseries on RAI and has appeared in numerous films, including 2004's ''Eros'' and 2021's ''The Hand of God''. ''Callas e Onassis'' Ranieri is bes ...

as Assunta Goretti *

Flavio Insinna Flavio Insinna (born 3 July 1965) is an Italian actor and television presenter. He is the current host of ''L'eredità''. He is also known for having hosted '' Affari Tuoi'', the Italian version of ''Deal or No Deal'' between 2006 and 2008 and t ...

as Father Basilio Morganti *

Claudia Koll Claudia Koll (born Claudia Maria Rosaria Colacione; 17 May 1965) is an Italian actress. Biography Claudia Koll was born in Rome of Italian and Romanian parentage. Koll made her debut as a cinema actress in 1989, but achieved fame for her part ...

as Countess Mazzoleni *

Marco Messeri Marco Messeri (born 15 December 1948) is an Italian actor, comedian, stage director, singer-songwriter and voice actor. Life and career Born in Livorno, Messeri studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and acting at the drama s ...

as Don Temistocle Signori *

Luca Biagini Luca Biagini (born 3 October 1949) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Biagini is best known for dubbing over the voices of actors like Hugo Weaving in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series, Michael Keaton in '' Batman'' and ''Spotl ...

as Count Atilio Mazzoleni * Manrico Gammarota as Giovanni Serenelli *

Anna Rita Del Piano Anna Rita Del Piano, real name Anna Rita Viapiano (born 26 July 1966, in Cassano delle Murge), is an Italian people, Italian actress and theater director. Biography Anna Rita Viapiano was born in Cassano delle Murge, where she lived his chi ...

as Teresa Cimarelli *

as Doctor Bartoli

References

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* 2003 television films 2003 films Italian drama television films 2003 biographical drama films Films set in Italy Italian biographical drama films Films about religion Films directed by Giulio Base Films scored by Ennio Morricone Cultural depictions of Italian women 2000s Italian films Films set in Lazio Films about Catholicism {{2000s-Italy-film-stub