“Torture, Killing and Vicious Passions...And Incredible Courage”
In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous.
Ralph Thomas
Betty E. Box
Robert Presnell Jr.
Lilli Palmer
Mother Katharine
Sylvia Syms
Sister Mitya
Yvonne Mitchell
Sister Gerta
Albert Lieven
Colonel Horsten
Peter Arne
Lt. Schmidt
Nora Swinburne
Sister Tia
Michael Goodliffe
Father Desmaines
Ronald Lewis
Major Spoletti
CinemaSerf
With Mussolini gone and the Allies pressing northwards into Italy, the Nazis are becoming more desperate to cling onto the territory that was once that of their now largely capitulated allies. It's still a dangerous place for the Jewish people, though, and it falls to "Mother Katherine" (Lilli Palme...
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