Mother Teresa of Calcutta (film)

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Mother Teresa of Calcutta
GenreBiography
Written byFrancesco Scardamaglia
Massimo Cerofolini
Directed by Fabrizio Costa
Starring Olivia Hussey
Theme music composerGuy Farley
Country of originItaly
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerAnselmo Parrinello
EditorAlessandro Lucidi
Running time176 minutes
Original release
Release19 October 2003 (2003-10-19)

Mother Teresa of Calcutta is a 2003 biographical television film based on the life of Mother Teresa, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity religious institute. The film stars Olivia Hussey in the title role and received a CAMIE award in 2007. The film was originally produced as the Italian television miniseries Madre Teresa .

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