L'oro di Roma (internationally released as Gold of Rome) is a 1961 Italian war - drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani.

[1] The film is based on actual events surrounding the Nazi's raid of Rome's Jewish ghetto in October 1943.

The Jews remaining in the ghetto are impoverished by the Italian racial laws and with enormous difficulty try to come up with the imposed amount.

His decision not to deliver the gold and oppose Nazi power leads him to clash with most members of the community and the precept of refusing violence.

Giulia, a former classmate of David's Israelite school, at first appears to be able to escape racial segregation, thanks to her requited love for Maximus, a Catholic medical student.