La buona battaglia – Don Pietro Pappagallo
- Original title
- La buona battaglia - Don Pietro Pappagallo
- Directed by
- Gianfranco Albano
- Country
- Italy
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Catholic priest in Nazi-occupied Rome secretly helps people targeted by fascists. He is eventually arrested and killed in a massacre.
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What happens
La buona battaglia – Don Pietro Pappagallo is an Italian television miniseries (two-part TV film) based on the true story of Don Pietro Pappagallo (1888–1944), a Catholic priest and Italian anti-fascist who assisted victims of Nazism and Fascism in Rome during World War II and was arrested and executed in the Ardeatine Caves massacre on March 24, 1944. It was produced by 11 Marzo Cinematografica and Rai Fiction, directed by Gianfranco Albano, written by Stefano Gabrini and Furio Scarpelli, and stars Flavio Insinna as Don Pietro. It was first released in 2006 and is distributed by Radiotelevisione Italiana and RaiTrade. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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