The scarlet and the black
(DVD)

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Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, 2003, [2014].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
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Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, 2003, [2014].
Language
English
UPC
012236139522, 011301693365

Notes

General Note
Originally shown on television in 1983.
General Note
Based on the book "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican" by J.P. Gallagher.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; film editor, Benjamin A. Weissman ; music composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone.
Participants/Performers
Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud.
Description
Based on the true story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, a Vatican official, who, under threat of death from the Gestapo, saved prisoners of war and others from the German forces occupying Rome during World War II.
Description
Father Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official who has been hiding downed Allied pilots and other enemies of the Nazi party. However, because of his high status, the Nazis cannot arrest him.
Description
A courageous priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, helps allied POWs and Jews to escape the Nazis during WWII, despite threats to his life.
System Details
DVD format, full screen presentation; Dolby 2.0 stereo surround.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.