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In un paese dell'Europa dell'est un cardinale, che in passato era stato la guida spirituale della nazione durante i cupi anni della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, viene arrestato e consegnato nelle mani del torturatore che lo sottopone ad ogni tipo di sofferenza fisica e mentale per riuscire a piegarlo. Ispirato dalla storia vera del cardinale ungherese Mindszenty.
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The Prisoner (1955)
95 min
A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his resistance when his country again fell to a totalitarian conqueror. In prison, his interrogator is determined to extract a confession of guilt, and thus destroy his power over his people.