The Scarlet and the Black made 1983 baced on a true story

Starring
Gregory Peck
Christopher Plummer

7.5/10

Plot
In 1943, German-occupied Rome witnessed many atrocities of the Gestapo under the command of Colonel Herbert Kappler. Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish priest, was assigned to the Vatican under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII. Despite official Vatican neutrality and significant risk to his position within the church and personal safety, O’Flaherty organizes an enormous network of civilians to save Jewish refugees and Allied POWs from the Nazis. Colonel Kappler discovers that O’Flaherty is giving shelter to Allied prisoners and orders a white line be drawn around the Vatican compound, later placing German guards along the perimeter and checking identification of those entering to try and stop the inflow of POW’s who O’Flatery has been helping. The film portrays the brutal tactics of the Gestapo who torture and execute a priest found to be actively assisting the resistance fighters. Kappler makes it his aim to not only stop O’Flaherty’s efforts, but to have him assassinated.