The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

7.0/10 143 min Drama History TV Movie War

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.

Cast

Gregory Peck

Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

Christopher Plummer

Col. Herbert Kappler

John Gielgud

Pope Pius XII

Raf Vallone

Father Vittorio

Kenneth Colley

Capt. Hirsch

Walter Gotell

Gen. Max Helm

Barbara Bouchet

Minna Kappler

Olga Karlatos

Francesca Lombardo

Julian Holloway

Alfred West

Angelo Infanti

Father Morosini

Michael Byrne

Reinhard Beck

T. P. McKenna

Himmler

Vernon Dobtcheff

Count Langenthal

John Terry

Lt. Jack Manning

Peter Burton

Sir D'Arcy Osborne

Fabiana Udenio

Guila Lombardo

Billy Boyle

Paddy

Marne Maitland

Papal Secretary

Remo Remotti

Rabbi Leoni

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