The read
It runs a compact 53m.
Synopsis
A portrait of Pope Pius XII (1876-1958), head of the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death, who, during World War II, and while European Jews were being exterminated by the Nazis, was accused of keeping a disconcerting and shameful silence.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Christel FommDirector
- Christian FeyerabendWriter
- Paul RabigerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hildegard MeierSelf - Narrator (voice)
- David I. KertzerSelf - Historian
- Klaus KühlweinSelf - Catholic Theologist
- Emma FattoriniSelf - Historian
- Pope Pius XIISelf (archive footage)
- Benito MussoliniSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Adolf HitlerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Myron Charles TaylorSelf - Diplomat (archive footage)
- Konrad von PreysingSelf - Catholic Bishop (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
vatican (holy see)holocaust (shoah)world war iijew persecutionantisemitismreligioncatholicismitalian historyeuropean historyjewish historyholocaust (shoah) denialpope pius xii