Movie · 1983
The Scarlet and the Black
“Gregory Peck stars as the man who led thousands in a daring escape to freedom - right under the nose of the Gestapo.”
Released 2 February 1983 143 min Drama / History / TV Movie / War More from 1983 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.
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How old were they?
John Gielgud
as Pope Pius XII
Marne Maitland
as Papal Secretary
Gregory Peck
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Raf Vallone
as Father Vittorio
Peter Burton
as Sir D'Arcy Osborne
Walter Gotell
as Gen. Max Helm
Remo Remotti
as Rabbi Leoni
Edmund Purdom
William Berger
Christopher Plummer
as Col. Herbert Kappler
T. P. McKenna
as Himmler
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Count Langenthal
Kenneth Colley
as Capt. Hirsch
Angelo Infanti
as Father Morosini
Barbara Bouchet
as Minna Kappler
Michael Byrne
as Reinhard Beck
Julian Holloway
as Alfred West
Olga Karlatos
as Francesca Lombardo
John Terry
as Lt. Jack Manning
Mark Lewis
Fabiana Udenio
as Guila Lombardo
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The numbers
60years between the oldest and youngest billed
78John Gielgud — oldest on the call sheet
18Fabiana Udenio — youngest billed
49average age of the credited cast