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The Scarlet And The Black is an entertaining and inspirational true story of courage and ingenuity. During the German occupation of Rome in 1943, an athletic Irish priest, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty (Gregory Peck), devotes all the time he can spare from his work at the Vatican to hide Allied POWs from the Nazis, risking his life in the process.
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Based on a true story, this film shows the dedication and courage of one man to do what he believes is right - no matter what!
Gregory Peck gives a fantastic performance as the feisty Irish Monsignor, as does Christopher Plummer as Colonel Herbert Kappler the Nazi officer who is obsessed with the capture of O'Flaherty. John Gielgud also gives a brilliant and moving performance as his holiness the Pope.
Based on the novel, The Scarlet Pimpernal of the Vatican because of the many disguises O'Flaherty undertook to evade his hunters, this is a gritty and thoroughly enjoyable film which keeps you on the edge of your seat until the final scene.
Based on a true story, this film shows the dedication and courage of one man to do what he believes is right - no matter what!
Gregory Peck gives a fantastic performance as the feisty Irish Monsignor, as does Christopher Plummer as Colonel Herbert Kappler the Nazi officer who is obsessed with the capture of O'Flaherty, Kappler cannot arrest him as o'flaherty is a high ranking official in the vatican. Kappler tries to catch O'Flaherty hiding POWs so that he can arrest him. O'Flaherty is badgering kappler until breaking point, evading his hunters in this gritty and thoroughly enjoyable film which keeps you on the edge of your seat until the final scene.
Sir John Gielgud also gives a brilliant and moving performance as his holiness the Pope trying to be neutral and also guiding o'flaherty.
Based on the novel, The Scarlet Pimpernal of the Vatican
In 1943 O'Flaherty organises an enormous network of civilians, priests and nuns to save Jewish refugees and Allied POWs from the Nazis, hiding them in flats convents and churches in Rome to save them from the GeStaPo and Colonel Kappler. Kappler decides to have a white line drawn around the Vatican and check those entering and leaving but with many disguises O'Flaherty manages to slip the net and escape assassination attempts on his life.
Of 9,700 Jews in Rome, 1,007 were shipped to Auschwitz. The rest were hidden, 5,000 of them by the Vatican --3,000 in Castel Gandolfo, 200 or 400 (estimates vary) as "members" of the Palatine Guard and some 1,500 in monasteries, convents and colleges. The remaining 3,700 were hidden in private homes.
Despite the Vatican's official neutrality O'Flaherty seems to have enjoyed the tacit approval of Pope Pius XII (splendidly played by John Gielgud).
Hugh O'Flaherty was born in Ireland, studied theology at the Killarney seminary and was posted to Rome in 1922 to finish his studies. He was ordained on December 20, 1925 and stayed to work for the Holy See. He then served as a Vatican diplomat in Egypt, Haiti, Santo Domingo and Czechoslovakia and in 1934 received the title of Monsignor (hence the scarlet cincture).
Father O'Flaherty died October 30, 1963. He was buried in Cahirciveen. O'Flaherty was termed one of the "Righteous Among the Nations", with a tree planted in his honour in Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.
Surely the 'Black' (Gestapo Officer) will win but the 'Scarlet' (Irish Priest)
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2 hours of film.The movie solely focuses on O'Flaherty. Read more
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