The Scarlet and the Black

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.

Release Date

02 February 1983

143 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Col. Herbert Kappler
Pope Pius XII
Father Vittorio
Capt. Hirsch
Gen. Max Helm
Minna Kappler
Francesca Lombardo
Alfred West
Father Morosini
Reinhard Beck