The gripping story of the saint of Auschwitz is brought to life by actor Leonardo Defilippis.
In 1941, Father Maximilian Kolbe was arrested by the Gestapo for his tireless work against the Nazi forces, and sent to teh infamous death camp of Auschwitz. There he was used for slave labor, frequently beaten and subjected to humiliations, and in the end offered to take the place of a married man comdemed to death by starvation. In this he fulfilled the words of Christ: "Greater love than this has no man, that he give up his life for his friend." Forty one years after that heroic act, Maximilian was canonized by Pope John Paul II "the saint for our difficult century".
DVD, Drama, 79 minutes. Color |
