''Gli amici di Gesù - Tommaso'' is a 2001 Italian film directed by
Raffaele Mertes
Raffaele Mertes (born 1959) is an Italian film director. He began as a cinematographer, with his first work being on the 1982 film ''Un gusto molto particolare''. His first film as director was the made-for-TV biblical film '' Ester'' in 1998.
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and Elisabetta Marchetti, written by Gareth Jones.
[Sergio Perugini ''Testimoni di fede, trionfatori di audience: La fiction religiosa'' 887402732X - 2011 "Gli amici di Gesù Tommaso (2001) ..."] The cast includes
Ricky Tognazzi
Ricky Tognazzi (born Riccardo Tognazzi; ; 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film '' The Escort'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1991, he won ...
as the
apostle Thomas
Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...
. It was later dubbed into English and included in the
TNT Bible Collection
The ''Bible Collection'' is a series of films produced for the TNT television network, starting with ''Abraham'' in April 1994 and ending with ''Thomas'' in April 2001. The Bible Collection consists of a 27-part miniseries in 17 volumes.
The se ...
series.
References
2001 films
Bible Collection
2000s Italian films
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