NR | 2h 23min | Drama, Biopic | 1983
How many people did Oskar Schindler save from Nazi brutality in WWII? 1,200. How many people did Hugh O’Flaherty save about that same time? 6,500! Two exceptional films salute these wartime heroes. Why, then, do most cinema lovers know of only Schindler and little to nothing of O’Flaherty?
Schindler was a Nazi, a wealthy businessman, and far from upright. Naturally, his sacrificial courage in smuggling Jews to safety stunned many. Then, top-billed Steven Spielberg directed “Schindler’s List” and made Schindler world-famous.
O’Flaherty, however, was an Irish Catholic priest and Vatican official, someone you expected to do the right thing. Unlike Spielberg, Jerry London who directed “The Scarlet and the Black” was an obscure name in the film world. Still, the courage and pugnacity of this other Schindler is no less stunning….