Alberto Lolli

Tiré de la réalité tragique vécue, relaté par les quelques survivants du monastère détruit, le film, entre narration et documentaire, rappelle les vicissitudes de l'abbaye lors de la dernière guerre. Evocation dramatique mais non artificielle, variée pour la diversité des personnages représentés. La force indestructible de l'esprit, la vraie grandeur de Montecassino, est bien rendue dans le film, une déclaration de guerre contre guerre et un appel à tous les peuples pour une compréhension de l'amour.

Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.

An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.

In La morte che assolve, we see Elextra Ragio in two roles: Maddalena, a mother repudiated by her cruel husband Falco, a professional loan shark, and their daughter Erica, who is adopted by an American lady. As an adult, Erica is subjected to the advances of Count Giancarlo, who had once saved her life, and has to face a distressing encounter with the father who abandoned her. Melodrama brings out family values, and the supreme value of love.