Conspiracy of Hearts

  • Drama
  • War
4/7/1960
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Torture, Killing and Vicious Passions...And Incredible Courage

In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous.

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  • Geronimo1967

    With Mussolini gone and the Allies pressing northwards into Italy, the Nazis are becoming more desperate to cling onto the territory that was once that of their now largely capitulated allies. It's still a dangerous place for the Jewish people, though, and it falls to "Mother Katherine" (Lilli Palmer) and her courageous sisterhood of nuns to try and use their convent to smuggle out some youngsters from the nearby internment camp to the safety of nearby Palestine. The local military under the command of "Maj. Spoletti" (Ronald Lewis) isn't exactly on the ball when it comes to policing these repatriations, so in comes "Col. Horsten" (Albert Lieven) and his ghastly henchman "Schmidt" (Peter Arne) to restore order. After the death of one of the...

    November 17, 2024

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