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The Assisi Underground is a 1985 American-Italian film made for television, written and directed by Alexander Ramati.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 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
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.
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- Drama, History, War
- Alexander Ramati
- 1985-09
Watch The Assisi Underground with a subscription on Prime Video. Page 1 of 6, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. An Italian bishop (James Mason) puts a young priest (Ben Cross) in charge ...
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- Alexander Ramati
- PG
- Ben Cross
The wrong movie at the wrong time. Which is sad because it's actually pretty good. A bit slow, but beautifully filmed, well-directed and with a superb cast including blink-and-you-miss-it performances by David Brandon, Edmund Purdom and the still-so-underrated Maurice Poli. Scientifically engineered to be the boring film a teacher puts on for ...
- Alexander Ramati
- The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Overview. This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943. Alexander Ramati. Director, Writer.
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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. This is a true story based on a 1978 book of the same title by Alexander Ramati. 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 ...
