PlummerChristopher January 07, 2011 The Scarlet and the Black is a 1983 made for TV movie starring Gregory Peck and Christopher Plummer. In the year 1943, Nazi Germany has occupied Rome completely . The Pope (John Gielgud) is approached by the SS … [Altro]

PlummerChristopher January 07, 2011 The Scarlet and the Black (1983) The Scarlet and the Black is a 1983 made for TV movie starring Gregory Peck and Christopher Plummer.

PlummerChristopher January 07, 2011 The Scarlet and the Black is a 1983 made for TV movie starring Gregory Peck and Christopher Plummer. In the year 1943, Nazi Germany has occupied Rome completely . The Pope (John Gielgud) is approached by the SS Commandant for Rome- Colonel Hugh Kappler (Christopher Plummer) who paints a white line around the Vatican confirming the jurisdictional area of the Vatican beyond which SS Men cannot enter. Kappler's main rival is Monsignor O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck) an Irishman who arranges safe haven for escaped prisoners of war in Rome including safehouses. He is assisted in this enterprise by several other patriots such as Miss Lombardo, Franchesica, and a number of others. Kappler initially wants to bust the group, however angered by O'Flaherty's repeated successes in thwarting and outsmarting him, he adopts a vendetta against O'Flaherty. During this period Kappler continues to deport Jews to labour camps, and extort large sums of money and gold from them as well as persecuting the general public. After the Allies succeed in landing in Italy and eventually overcoming German resistance- and begin heading to liberate Rome, Kappler worries for his family's safety and requests Monsignor O'Flaherty to save his family as well- however the Monsignor refuses to do so- telling Kappler that he would rather go to hell. Kappler is arrested eventually and questioned by the Allies- and it is at that moment that he is informed that his wife and children were evacuated to Switzerland and he realizes that despite all the enmity - O'Flaherty saved his family. It is told at the end of the film that Kappler eventually becomes a Catholic and baptized by O'Flaherty. He is also visited every month by O'Flaherty and becomes very close to him. Won Primetime Emmy.

PlummerChristopher January 07, 2011 The Scarlet and the Black is a 1983 made for TV movie starring Gregory Peck and Christopher Plummer. In the year 1943, Nazi Germany has occupied Rome completely . The Pope (John Gielgud) is approached by the SS Commandant for Rome- Colonel Hugh Kappler (Christopher Plummer) who paints a white line around the Vatican confirming the jurisdictional area of the Vatican beyond which SS Men cannot enter. Kappler's main rival is Monsignor O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck) an Irishman who arranges safe haven for escaped prisoners of war in Rome including safehouses. He is assisted in this enterprise by several other patriots such as Miss Lombardo, Franchesica, and a number of others. Kappler initially wants to bust the group, however angered by O'Flaherty's repeated successes in thwarting and outsmarting him, he adopts a vendetta against O'Flaherty. During this period Kappler continues to deport Jews to labour camps, and extort large sums of money and gold from them as well as persecuting the general public. After the Allies succeed in landing in Italy and eventually overcoming German resistance- and begin heading to liberate Rome, Kappler worries for his family's safety and requests Monsignor O'Flaherty to save his family as well- however the Monsignor refuses to do so- telling Kappler that he would rather go to hell. Kappler is arrested eventually and questioned by the Allies- and it is at that moment that he is informed that his wife and children were evacuated to Switzerland and he realizes that despite all the enmity - O'Flaherty saved his family. It is told at the end of the film that Kappler eventually becomes a Catholic and baptized by O'Flaherty. He is also visited every month by O'Flaherty and becomes very close to him. Won Primetime Emmy.