Sotto il cielo di Roma (TV 2010)

Director:

Christian Duguay

Writers:

Francesco Arlanch, Fabrizio Bettelli

Stars:

James Cromwell, Nathalie Rapti Gomez, Elena Arvigo

Cast

Credited cast:
James Cromwell	...	Pope Pius XII
Nathalie Rapti Gomez	...	Bianca Di Porto
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elena Arvigo	...	Ester Levi
Daniel Baldock	...	Giovanni
Ettore Bassi	...	Marco
Giada Benedetti	...	Roman Woman
Cesare Bocci	...	Monsignor Montini
Carla Cassola	...	Mother Superior
Elena Cucci	...	Young mother
Holger Daemgen	...	General Rainer Stahl
Ken Duken	...	Theodor Dannecker
Marco Foschi	...	Davide
Mathias Herrmann	...	Gerneral Karl Wolff
Miguel Herz-Kestranek	...	Father Pankratius Pfeiffer
Alessandra Mastronardi	...	Miriam

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

monsignor | catholic church | bishop | pope | jew | 

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Genres:

Biography

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Details

Country:

Italy Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 2010 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Under the Roman Sky

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lux Vide, Rai Fiction, EOS Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

200 min 200 min (2 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When depicting the liberation of Rome by the Allies the troops are integrated, and the American flag has 50 stars. The flag used during WWII by the US had 48 stars.

User Reviews

The Pope on the horns of a dilemma -what could he do?

Regardless whether the acting and the special effects were scanty or not, the history depicted was fascinating and disturbing. Not many stories about this awful time are out there that I know of. The ruler of the Catholic Church v.s. the nazi madman. I thought the film did a good job of showing the Pope's agony over what to do. Besides the fear of Hitler's reprisals, the waffling and indecision among his own rank and file was clearly stated. The German soldiers may have been played over-the-top in their brutality and sinister doings, but how else to portray these thugs who sent thousands to their death. Even though these stories may be presented in less than a first-rate production, at least the folks that made this film brought to the screen a bit of history that needs oft to be repeated.