The Cardinal

A motion picture that spans two decades of conflict and drama as it tells the story of a young American and his rise to prince of the church.
The Cardinal
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DVD Details

  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 55 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 20, 2005
  • Originally Released: 1963
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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User Ratings: 931
Tarzan of the Apes takes us about as far into African anthropology as The Cardinal does into the inner workings of the Roman Catholic Church. A pity, since the theme might have made an interesting film. Full Review
Esquire Magazine
Aug 12, 2019
The scenery is superb, the acting good: yet The Cardinal suggests neither the crises of the period, nor the anguished religious struggles it seeks to portray within the Catholic soul. Though the treatment is reverential, it lacks spiritual fiber. Full Review
Christianity Today
Dec 20, 2019
Rating: 3/4 -- With an hour cut out of it, this might have been a landmark picture. Full Review
TV Guide
Oct 23, 2007
The cast, as a whole, is well chosen, to the point that the actors manage to overcome the holes in a story that too many times pretends to be sublime and ends up being ridiculous. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
El Pais (Spain)
Jul 9, 2019
Rating: 2/5 -- I lasted a little over halfway through before figuring that it wasn't going to get any better...
ToxicUniverse.com
Jul 15, 2003
Rating: B- -- Thematically, Preminger's drama about internal church politics is most intriguing; too bad that the lead, Tom Tryon, is miscast. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Jun 15, 2005
This is an extremely well constructed film, made with a balance that keeps its overflowing plot line in perfect control. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Oct 23, 2007

Description by OLDIES.com:

The spellbinding story of a young American's rise to Prince of the Church.

Youthful pride. Yearnings of the flesh. Moments of doubt. The courage of conviction. All enter into a dedicated American's decades-long rise from priesthood to the leadership elite of the College of Cardinals.

Otto Preminger presents The Cardinal, winner of a Golden Globe Best Picture Award and nominated for six 1963 Academy Awards, including Best Director. Typical of Preminger's films, The Cardinal is packed with stars and issues. Tom Tryon, Carol Lynley, Ossie Davis, Burgess Meredith and Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner John Huston are players in a rich storyline embracing interfaith marriage, abortion, racism and war.

Product Description:

An Irish American priest whose strong commitment to social issues leads him through a labyrinth of church politics and eventually to the upper echelons of Catholic hierarchy as Cardinal. Crossing several continents, this epic traces his path and tests his faith along the way. Based on the novel by Henry Morton Robinson.

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  • Sales Rank: 29,641
  • UPC: 012569724273
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