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Holy Silence

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As World War II looms, Pope Pius XI calls on a humble American priest to help him challenge the evils of Nazism and anti-Semitism. But death intervenes, and Pope Pius XII now carries out a very different response to Hitler and the Holocaust.

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  • vatican (holy see)
  • pope
  • holocaust (shoah)
  • world war ii
  • based on true story
  • antisemitism
  • catholic
  • nazism

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United States of America, Holy See

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  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereMiami Jewish Film Festival, Miami, Florida21 Jan 2020
    • TVPBS (rating: TV-PG)2 Nov 2020

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Holy Silence was released on 21 January 2020.

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    CinemaSerf

    12/15/2024

    6/10

    Some impressive archive research has gone into this otherwise rather shallow analysis of the Popes Pius XI & Pius XII as they tried to reconcile their faith and their church with the increasing fascist nationalism that was gripping Europe in the 1930s. With contributions from various American academics it tries to speculate as to the extent to which the former pontiff was prepared to take a much more proactive stance…

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