Editing Roberto Calvi (section)

==Films about Calvi's death==

BBC One's programme ''[[Panorama (TV programme)|Panorama]]'' chronicled Calvi's last days and uncovered new evidence which suggested that others had been involved in his death.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f3c14629462d4e309bef28d3d53ace3b Panorama], BBC One, Monday 20 December 1982. 8.10 pm "Called to Account - How Roberto Calvi Died"</ref> The 1983 PBS [[Frontline (American TV program)|''Frontline'']] documentary "God's Banker" investigated Calvi's links with the Vatican and P2, and questioned whether his death was really a suicide.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} The circumstances surrounding his death were made into the feature film ''[[I banchieri di Dio|I Banchieri di Dio - Il Caso Calvi]]'' (God's Bankers - The Calvi Case) in 2001.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1862598.stm Film spotlights 'murky Vatican finances'], BBC News, 8 March 2002</ref> A heavily fictionalized version of Calvi appears in ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' in the character of Frederick Keinszig.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

In 1990, ''[[The Comic Strip#The Comic Strip Presents...|The Comic Strip Presents]]'' produced a spoof version of Calvi's story under the title ''Spaghetti Hoops'', with [[Nigel Planer]] in the lead role, directed by [[Peter Richardson (British director)|Peter Richardson]], and co-written by him and [[Pete Richens]].<ref name=BFI-SH01>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbPsAAAAMAAJ&q=Spaghetti+Hoops+Calvi |title=Sight and Sound: Film review volume|publisher=British Film Institute (digitised by Indiana University, 18 December 2009)|page=91 | date=1992|isbn=0851703356|access-date=1 September 2014|quote=the Calvi affair (a subject already sent up in the Comic Strip's Spaghetti Hoops for BBC2).}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'' magazine]] described the comedy film ''[[The Pope Must Die]]'' (1991) as "loosely based on the Roberto Calvi banking scandal".<ref name=Variety-TPMD01>{{cite web|title=Review: 'The Pope Must Die'|url=https://variety.com/1990/film/reviews/the-pope-must-die-1200428687/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=31 December 1990|access-date=1 September 2014|quote=Loosely based (like The Godfather Part III) on the Roberto Calvi banking scandal, ...}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} In the 2009 film ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]],'' the character of Tony is found hanging alive under Blackfriars Bridge, which director [[Terry Gilliam]] described as "an homage to Roberto Calvi".<ref>[http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/tgcanx09.htm The ''Dr Parnassus'' Press Conference at Cannes - Part 2], edited by Phil Stubbs</ref><ref name="vanityfair">[http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/08/heath-ledger200908 The Last of Heath], [[Peter Biskind]], Vanity Fair, August 2009</ref>

Calvi is featured in the Italian film ''[[Il divo (film)|Il divo]]'' (2008), a biography of former Italian Prime Minister [[Giulio Andreotti]].