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2 February 1983 (USA) morePlot:
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
The Scarlett Pimpernel of the Vatican moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gregory Peck | ... | Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty | |
| Christopher Plummer | ... | Col. Herbert Kappler | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Pope Pius XII (as Sir John Gielgud) | |
| Raf Vallone | ... | Father Vittorio | |
| Kenneth Colley | ... | Capt. Hirsch (as Ken Colley) | |
| Walter Gotell | ... | Gen. Max Helm | |
| Barbara Bouchet | ... | Minna Kappler | |
| Julian Holloway | ... | Alfred West | |
| Angelo Infanti | ... | Father Morosini | |
| Olga Karlatos | ... | Francesca Lombardo | |
| Michael Byrne | ... | Reinhard Beck | |
| T.P. McKenna | ... | Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler | |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Count Langenthal | |
| John Terry | ... | Lt. Jack Manning | |
| Peter Burton | ... | Sir D'Arcy Osborne |
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143 min | Spain:136 minColor:
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General Max Helm, Herbert Kappler's superior officer depicted in the film, is based on the real life character of 'Karl Wolff', Supreme SS Commander for Italy and third in command of the entire SS. Karl Wolff survived the war, was found not guilty of war crimes, and lived to an old age, dying in 1984. moreQuotes:
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty: Colonel, do I get the idea that you're tryin' to put a crimp in my social life?Col. Herbert Kappler: Damn you and damn your social life, priest!
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Ever since I saw this made-for-TV film when it first aired, and then on video many times, I had wondered about the book on which it is based.
The book is entitled "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican," by J. P. Gallagher. It is the story of Irish Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty who was a minor Vatican official during World War II. Right under the noses of Vatican officials who looked the other way, and the German army, he helped smuggle allied soldiers out of Rome to safety in the months before the liberation of Rome. Rome and the Vatican were supposed to be neutral; if the Germans found out that the monsignor was helping the allies, who knows what would have happened.
I was able to find a copy of the book several years ago but have lost it. I do recall though that it had even more incredible stories about how O'Flaherty helped allied soldiers. One of the best (that is not in the movie) was about one American soldier whose appendix burst and he needed it removed. O'Flaherty dressed him as a German soldier, called the German army, they came and took him to their hospital - and O'Flaherty managed to get the soldier out before he even woke up because of the general confusion in the military hospital.
The Scarlett Pimpernel reference, is of course, to the British spy who helped save people from being beheaded during the French Revolution. That's another good book and the movie, with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour, are both excellent (though the movie changed the ending...).