In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous.

Lilli Palmer
as Mother Katharine

Sylvia Syms
as Sister Mitya

Yvonne Mitchell
as Sister Gerta

Albert Lieven
as Colonel Horsten

Peter Arne
as Lt. Schmidt

Nora Swinburne
as Sister Tia

Michael Goodliffe
as Father Desmaines

Ronald Lewis
as Major Spoletti
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With Mussolini gone and the Allies pressing northwards into Italy, the Nazis are becoming more desperate to cling onto the territory that was once that of their now largely capitulated allies. It's still a dangerous place for the Jewish people, though, and it falls to "Mother Katherine" (Lilli Palme...