The Assisi Underground (film)
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Directed by | Alexander Ramati |
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Written by | Alexander Ramati |
Screenplay by | Alexander Ramati |
Based on | The Assisi Underground by Alexander Ramati |
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Music by | Dov Seltzer |
Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
Edited by | Michael J. Duthie |
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115 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Assisi Underground is a 1985 American film directed, written and based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Ramati.
Plot
In 1943 Franciscan priest Rufino Niccacci is charged by the bishop of Assisi Giuseppe Placido Nicolini with rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis.
Cast
- Ben Cross as Rufino Niccacci
- James Mason as Giuseppe Placido Nicolini
- Irene Papas as Mother Giuseppina
- Maximilian Schell as Colonel Valentin Müller
- Karlheinz Hackl as Capitain von Velden
- Geoffrey Copleston as Chief of Police Bertolucci
- Riccardo Cucciolla as Luigi Brizi
- Angelo Infanti as Giorgio Kropf
- Delia Boccardo as Countess Cristina
- Paolo Malco as Paolo Josza
- Roberto Bisacco as Professor Rieti
- Edmund Purdom as Cardinal Della Costa
- Venantino Venantini as Pietro
- Maurice Poli as Vito
- Giancarlo Prete as Col. Gay
- Alessandra Mussolini as Sister Beata
- Riccardo Salvino as Otto Maionica
- Greta Vayan as Rita Maionica
Critical response
The film received a poor critical response.[1][2]
References
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- ↑ Paolo Mereghetti, Il Mereghetti. Dizionario dei Film 2008, Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2007.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Assisi Underground at IMDb
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