---
title: 'The Assisi Underground (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Ramati'
released: '1985-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-assisi-underground-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088746/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Assisi Underground (1985)

1985 · 111 min · Drama · Italy, United States


## Synopsis

The Assisi Underground is a 1985 American-Italian historical drama film, written and directed by Alexander Ramati. It is an adaptation of his 1978 novel, The Assisi Underground: The Priest who Rescued Jews, which is based on a true-life account by Father Rufino Niccacci of events surrounding the Assisi Network, an effort to hide 300 Jews in the town of Assisi, Italy during World War II. The film stars Ben Cross, Irene Papas, Maximilian Schell, Karlheinz Hackl, and James Mason in his final performance before his death in July 1984. His final role in a feature film was The Shooting Party.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Ramati](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-ramati)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexander Ramati](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-ramati)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dov Seltzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dov-seltzer)
- **Producer:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan), [Yoram Globus](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoram-globus)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giuseppe Rotunno](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-rotunno)

## Cast

- [Edmund Purdom](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-purdom)
- [Riccardo Cucciolla](https://cinepixo.com/people/riccardo-cucciolla)
- [Irene Papas](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-papas)
- [Delia Boccardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/delia-boccardo)
- [Riccardo Salvino](https://cinepixo.com/people/riccardo-salvino)
- [Max Turilli](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-turilli)
- [Alfredo Varelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-varelli)
- [Ben Cross](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-cross)
- [Massimo Sarchielli](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-sarchielli)
- [Carlo Monni](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-monni)
- [Karlheinz Hackl](https://cinepixo.com/people/karlheinz-hackl)
- [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell)
- [Alessandra Mussolini](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandra-mussolini)
- [Gianni Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-williams)
- [Angelo Infanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-infanti)

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