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The Scarlet and the Black

(1983)

February 2, 1983• 2h 23m
70%
TMDB Score

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.

Jerry London

Director

Top Billed Cast

GP

Gregory Peck

Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

CP

Christopher Plummer

Col. Herbert Kappler

JG

John Gielgud

Pope Pius XII

RV

Raf Vallone

Father Vittorio

KC

Kenneth Colley

Capt. Hirsch

WG

Walter Gotell

Gen. Max Helm

BB

Barbara Bouchet

Minna Kappler

OK

Olga Karlatos

Francesca Lombardo

JH

Julian Holloway

Alfred West

AI

Angelo Infanti

Father Morosini