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The Third Solution (1988)

Directed by Pasquale Squitieri

Overview

The Roman Catholic Pope is planning a reconciliatory meeting with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an event awaited for many generations. But suddenly, right while the Pope is addressing the crowds gathered in the Piazza Navone, a nun is assassinated by a Ukrainian, placing the upcoming talks between the two leaders in jeopardy. And the head of the American diplomatic corps (the nun was an American) assigns the investigation of the killing to one of his underlings, which leads the young man to investigate the Russicum, a center for the study of Russia within the Vatican city. And from there he finds himself caught up in an intrigue of international proportions, filled with agents and double agents, and ending with a revelation most unexpected.

Rated R | Length 111 minutes

Actors

Treat Williams | F. Murray Abraham | Danny Aiello | Rita Rusic | Nigel Court | Leopoldo Mastelloni | Rossano Brazzi | Christina Engelhardt | Robert Balchus | Luigi Montini | MarĂ­a Baxa | Alberto Capone | Ermanno De Biagi | Paolo De Falco | Bruno Di Luia | Cesare Di Vito | Franco Diogene | Julian Jenkins | Giacomo Maisto | Marco Morellini | Anna Maria Natalini | Lorenzo Piani | Rada Rassimov | Martin Sorrentino | Szacinski Bente Bosco | Sergio Testori | Fabio Traversa | Luigi Uzzo | Benito Barbieri