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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Gruppe 5, ARTE, ZDF
Keywords
- vatican (holy see)
- holocaust (shoah)
- world war ii
- jew persecution
- antisemitism
- religion
- catholicism
- italian history
- european history
- jewish history
- holocaust (shoah) denial
- pope pius xii
- historical documentary
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Top Cast
Hildegard Meier as Self - Narrator (voice)
David I. Kertzer as Self - Historian
Klaus Kühlwein as Self - Catholic Theologist
Emma Fattorini as Self - Historian
Pope Pius XII as Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Myron Charles Taylor as Self - Diplomat (archive footage)
Top Crew
Christel Fomm · Director
Christian Feyerabend · Writer
Paul Rabiger · Composer
Andreas Wüstefeld · Editor
Stefan Schneider · Producer
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