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The Assisi Underground PG 1985 1h 55m Drama List Reviews 50% Audience Score 50+ Ratings An Italian bishop (James Mason) puts a young priest (Ben Cross) in charge of hiding Jews in a...
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- Alexander Ramati
- PG
- Ben Cross
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
Based on a true story, The Assisi Underground tells of the perils and ultimate triumph of the network of saving Italian Jews from the SS that ran between Florence and Rome for several years.
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.
Directed by Alexander Ramati. It's 1943 and Hitler's forces are in Italy crushing a rebellion against Mussolini's fascist rule. The story takes place in the tranquil village of Assisi, where...
Sep 4, 2020 · Writer-director Alexander Ramati’s 1985 The Assisi Underground is a well-meaning, costly, but largely ineptly told wartime adventure about Catholic monks in Assisi (Perugia, Umbria, Italy) hiding Italian Jewish refugees from the Nazis in 1943 and helping them to escape.
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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.
