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A Choice of Evils

19771h 15mMovieDramaWarTV Movie

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.

DirectorJane Howell
WriterJim Allen
ProducerMargaret Matheson

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Cast · Directed by Jane Howell

DBDavid Burke
David Burke
Cardinal Volponi
TBTom Bell
Tom Bell
Col. Steiner
AD
Alan Downer
Vogel's Secretary
WHWilliam Hoyland
William Hoyland
Volponi's Secretary
RLRichard Leech
Richard Leech
General Heidelmann
GLGabrielle Lloyd
Gabrielle Lloyd
Maria Cinelli
SM
Stephen Muray
Pope Pius XII
TPTrevor Peacock
Trevor Peacock
Father Borrelli
TPTim Pigott-Smith
Tim Pigott-Smith
Consul Vogel
RPRobert Putt
Robert Putt
Prison Guard
CSChristopher Saul
Christopher Saul
Chamberlain
SSSebastian Shaw
Sebastian Shaw
Abbot General

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