Summary A Cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. As a Prince of his church, he's a popular hero of this people for his resistance against the Nazis during the war, and his resistance after his country again fell to another totalitarian conqueror. In prison, his interrogator is determined to get a confession of guilt from the strong-willed man, and thus destroy his power over his people. The verbal and psychological battles are gripping and powerful, not even the increasing pressures put upon the Cardinal can force him to weaken, not even solitary confinement, continuous blazing light in his cell, sleeplessness, efforts to persuade him he is going mad. And yet, in the deepening conflict, the superbly indomitable prisoner creates a tremendous pity on his tormentor. View more details
Directed : Peter Glenville
Written : Bridget Boland
Stars : Jack Hawkins Alec Guinness Wilfrid Lawson Kenneth Griffith
Genres : Drama
Release date : Nov 3, 1955
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production companies : London Independent Producers Facet Productions
Summary A Cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. As a Prince of his church, he's a popular hero of this people for his resistance against the Nazis during the war, and his resistance after his country again fell to another totalitarian conqueror. In prison, his interrogator is determined to get a confession of guilt from the strong-willed man, and thus destroy his power over his people. The verbal and psychological battles are gripping and powerful, not even the increasing pressures put upon the Cardinal can force him to weaken, not even solitary confinement, continuous blazing light in his cell, sleeplessness, efforts to persuade him he is going mad. And yet, in the deepening conflict, the superbly indomitable prisoner creates a tremendous pity on his tormentor. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Nov 3, 1955
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production companies : London Independent Producers Facet Productions
