NiroPro’s review published on Letterboxd:
This compelling war drama is based on the controversial book "death in Rome", which suggests that the Pope Pius XII was aware of Hitler's plan to kill 10 Italians every German lost in a partisan attack, and either feigned ignorance could do nothing about it.
Col. Kappler (Richard Burton) is a devoted Nazi who is caught between his duty and his love for Rome when he is ordered to execute 330 Italians in retaliation for the deaths of 33 Germans. His alcoholic superior, Kurt Maelzer (Leo Mckem) is determined to see it through. Standing defiant is Don Antonelli (Marcello Mastroianni), a Vatican priest who choose to die with the partisans rather than continue to act as a liaison between the Romans and Germans.
And here you have a great drama that is filmed in a documentary style with superb acting performance and effective retelling of the infamousslaughter which took place on March 24, 1944, in the Ardeatine Caves outside of Rome.
Music by the maestro Morricone
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