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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.
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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- Drama, History, War
- Alexander Ramati
- 1985-09
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
An Italian bishop (James Mason) puts a young priest (Ben Cross) in charge of hiding Jews in a Nazi-occupied city.
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- Alexander Ramati
- PG
- Ben Cross
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- Alexander Ramati
- 115 min
- 11
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. Also Known As (AKA): O Refúgio no Inferno, Subterrâneos de Assis, Los clandestinos de Asís, O Refúgio, Der Assisi Untergrund, Die Verschwörung von Assisi
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The Assisi Underground Ben Cross, Maximillian Schell and James Mason star in this gripping true story of faith, courage and friendship in the face of overwhelming danger when a Catholic priest attempts to lead a group of Jewish refugees safely from Nazi-occupied Italy.
