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Writers:
J.P. Gallagher (book)
David Butler (written by)
Release Date:
2 February 1983 (USA) more
Plot:
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war... more | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations more
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young couple in the Scarlet and the Black more (14 total)
Cast
(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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Also Known As:
Scarlatto e nero (Italy)
The Vatican Pimpernel
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143 min | Spain:136 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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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. more
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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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References Rappresaglia (1973) more
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This should be mandatory viewing in all "20th Century Europe" history classes. Also, unlike what another viewer inferred, the romance between the young couple in the movie is NOT fictional. It is based on real people and they did marry after the end of the war. Read about it in "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican" which is available at libraries. Also, anyone who liked this movie would love the book and the movie "The Assisi Underground". The movie stars James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Irene Papas and Ben Cross. Their is also a documentary of this story available thru interlibrary loans called "Assisi in Silence". It was filmed in Assisi and has real interviews with people and relatives involved in saving Jews in Assisi.