The Scarlet and the Black

1983 7.0 (57 votes) 2h 23m

Genres

Drama History TV Movie War

Production Companies

Bill McCutchen Productions
RAI
ITC Entertainment

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.