La buona battaglia – Don Pietro Pappagallo is an Italian television miniseries (two-part TV film) based on the true story of Don Pietro Pappagallo (1888–1944), a Catholic priest and Italian anti-fascist who assisted victims of Nazism and Fascism in Rome during World War II and was arrested and executed in the Ardeatine Caves massacre on March 24, 1944.
[1] It was produced by 11 Marzo Cinematografica and Rai Fiction, directed by Gianfranco Albano, written by Stefano Gabrini and Furio Scarpelli, and stars Flavio Insinna as Don Pietro.
In part one, Don Pietro (Flavio Insinna) gives refuge from the Nazis to Lidia (Ana Caterina Morariu) and Mario (Paolo Briguglia).
Don Pietro accompanies a Jewish physician and young mother to San Paolo, a safe haven from the regime.
The overall message of this film is that Don Pietro could have fled to San Paolo when he had the chance, but, like St. Peter, he came back to help any more people from being deported to the Nazi concentration camps.