An Irish priest hides Allied PoWs from the Nazis in occupied Rome. Fact-based drama starring Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer and John Gielgud.

An Irish Vatican priest hides Allied PoWs from the Germans occupying Rome, during WWII. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck) is under threat from the Chief of the Gestapo (Christopher Plummer) who orders the priest captured or killed if he is seen outside the protection of the Vatican walls.