30 Dec The Scarlet and the Black
The Scarlet and the Black, WWII Movie starring Gregory Peck
(1983) Can you think of anyone more suited than Gregory Peck to play the role of a Vatican Priest who outsmarts the Nazis?
Monsignor Hugh O’Flattery was a real life Irish Catholic priest who saved the lives of thousands of Jews and allied soldiers.
Col. Kappler, the SS Chief in Rome was determined to out him but could not.
Update 2012 book by Brian Fleming: The Vatican Pimpernel: The World War II Exploits of the Monsignor Who Saved Over 6,500 Lives
The Scarlet and the Black movie on amazon.com
Pat
Posted at 20:37h, 13 MarchHot off the Press: a new book about Monsignor Hugh O’Flattery:
The Vatican Pimpernel: The Wartime Exploits of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty
Read about it in The Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2011/0304/1224291271284.html