The Scarlet and the Black

Feb 2, 1983

2h 23m

★ 7.0

Gregory Peck stars as the man who led thousands in a daring escape to freedom - right under the nose of the Gestapo.

Overview

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

War

Production Companies

Bill McCutchen Productions

RAI

ITC Entertainment

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Cast

Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

Gregory Peck

Col. Herbert Kappler

Christopher Plummer

Pope Pius XII

John Gielgud

Father Vittorio

Raf Vallone

Capt. Hirsch

Kenneth Colley

Gen. Max Helm

Walter Gotell

Minna Kappler

Barbara Bouchet

Francesca Lombardo

Olga Karlatos

Alfred West

Julian Holloway

Father Morosini

Angelo Infanti

Reinhard Beck

Michael Byrne

Himmler

T. P. McKenna

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