

Cardinal Volponi tries to save his old friend, a priest-turned-militant communist, from being executed by the Nazis alongside 334 other hostages but struggles to reason with either the Vatican, the Nazis or his friend.
Gabrielle Lloyd
Maria Cinelli

Stephen Muray
Pope Pius XII

Trevor Peacock
Father Borrelli

Tim Pigott-Smith
Consul Vogel

Robert Putt
Prison Guard

Christopher Saul
Chamberlain

Sebastian Shaw
Abbot General