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.
Col. Steiner
Cardinal Volponi
Consul Vogel
General Heidelmann
Father Borrelli
Abbot General
Prison Guard
Maria Cinelli
Vogel's Secretary
Volponi's Secretary
Chamberlain
Pope Pius XII