Holy Silence

About Holy Silence

As World War II looms, Pope Pius XI calls on a humble American priest to help him challenge the evils of Nazism and anti-Semitism. But death intervenes, and Pope Pius XII now carries out a very different response to Hitler and the Holocaust.

Holy Silence (2020) is a documentary history film directed by Steven Pressman. At 56 minutes long, it arrived in January 2020.

Marco Barricelli plays Pope Pius XII (voice). It is adapted from real events.

Members will find holocaust (shoah), catholic, antisemitism, and vatican (holy see) in it. American members can watch it on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel and WETA+.

The Two Popes, The Photographer of Mauthausen, and Schindler's List make useful companions to Holy Silence, all filed under pope.