Conspiracy of Hearts
Conspiracy of Hearts is a 1960 British Second World War film, directed by Ralph Thomas, about nuns in Italy smuggling Jewish children out of an internment camp near their convent to save them from The Holocaust. It stars Lilli Palmer, Sylvia Syms, Yvonne Mitchell and Ronald Lewis, and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Film Promoting International Understanding at the 18th Golden Globe Awards in 1961.
Plot
In 1943 Italy, nuns hide and protect Jewish children who have escaped from a concentration camp. The Italian camp has been taken over by German forces with a colonel and his sadistic lieutenant in command. When the colonel and lieutenant threaten to execute some of the nuns, including Mother Katharine, for helping the Jewish children to escape, the Italian soldiers block the execution and shoot the Germans dead. The Italian soldiers then leave the camp to join Italian partisans in the nearby hills.
More details
| director | Ralph Thomas |
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| editor | Alfred Roome |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | concentration camp german forces help italian soldier |
| musicBy | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| producer | Betty Box Earl St. John |
| productionCompany | Rank Organisation Film Productions |
| publisher | Rank Organisation |
| theme | war |