Cardinal Volponi tries to save his old friend, a priest-turned-militant communist, from being executed by the Nazis alongside 334 other hostages but struggles to reason with either the Vatican, the Nazis or his friend.
Cast
David Burke
Cardinal Volponi
Tom Bell
Col. Steiner
Alan Downer
Vogel's Secretary
William Hoyland
Volponi's Secretary
Richard Leech
General Heidelmann
Gabrielle Lloyd
Maria Cinelli
Stephen Muray
Pope Pius XII
Trevor Peacock
Father Borrelli
Tim Pigott-Smith
Consul Vogel
Robert Putt
Prison Guard
Christopher Saul
Chamberlain
Sebastian Shaw
Abbot General
Crew
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