Word: altdorf
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pastor Hall (United Artists) is redder meat. Its central character, loosely drawn from famed jailed, nonconformist Pastor Martin Niemböller, is a man whom the Nazi whirlwind strikes where it hurts most, his conscience. When Storm Troopers move into the drowsy little village of Altdorf to give it some political training, Pastor Hall (Wilfrid Lawson) tries hard to understand what the new gospel is about. What happens when he does, and winds up in a concentration camp, is uncomfortably close to modern crucifixion. Released by his friends, Pastor Hall is about to escape when across the street he hears...
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