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The Assisi Underground: Directed by Alexander Ramati. With Ben Cross, James Mason, Irene Papas, Maximilian Schell. A simple friar and a local bishop set up a pipeline for hundreds of Jews to hide and escape the Nazis in World War II Assisi.
- (458)
- Drama, History, War
- Alexander Ramati
- 1985-09
It is an adaptation of his 1978 novel, The Assisi Underground: The Priest who Rescued Jews, which is based on a true-life account by Father Rufino Niccacci of events surrounding the Assisi Network, an effort to hide 300 Jews in the town of Assisi, Italy during World War II.
The Assisi Underground: The Priests Who Rescued Jews is a 1978 novel written by Alexander Ramati based on a true-life account, told by Father Rufino Niccacci, of events surrounding the Assisi Network, an effort to hide 300 Jews in the town of Assisi, Italy during World War II.
- Alexander Ramati, Rufino Niccacci
- 1978
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- Alexander Ramati
- 115 min
- 11
An Italian bishop (James Mason) puts a young priest (Ben Cross) in charge of hiding Jews in a Nazi-occupied city.
- (5)
- Alexander Ramati
- PG
- Ben Cross
In World War II, when the Nazis begin to round up Jews in Italy, Bishop Nicolini of Assisi tabs a Franciscan friar to organize an underground to hide and help Jews to escape to freedom. Father Rufino establishes one of the most successful large-scale Jewish rescue operations during the war.
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This gripping story of the crucial work done by the people of Assisi to rescue hundreds of Italian Jews from Nazi execution during their occupation of Italy in 1943.
