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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.
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- Drama, History, War
- Alexander Ramati
- 1985-09
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 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
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.
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- Alexander Ramati
- 9
An Italian bishop (James Mason) puts a young priest (Ben Cross) in charge of hiding Jews in a Nazi-occupied city. Watch The Assisi Underground with a subscription on Prime Video. During World...
- Drama
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The Assisi Underground (1985) was co-written and directed by Alexander Ramati. The film is a fictionalized version of true events--the work of Catholic churchmen and churchwomen in Assisi who protected Jews, and helped them escape to safety.
