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Roncalli aids Jews in 'Desperate Hours'.

Publication: National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 27-MAY-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Roncalli aids Jews in 'Desperate Hours'.(TELEVISION)(Movie Review)

Article Excerpt
When Victoria Barrett, movie actress-turned-producer/director, began making documentaries, she did not expect to meet up with Msgr. Angelo Roncalli. That happened as she brought "Desperate Hours" to the screen.

Ms. Barrett, whose movies include "Russian Roulette," "Three Kinds of Heat" and "Over the Brooklyn Bridge" as well a guest-star turn on "Cheers," was delving into Turkey's relationship with Germany's Jews during World War II for "Desperate Hours" when Msgr. Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII, emerged as a major player in the equation.

She and her co-producer, Jewish...

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