Secret Passage
Isabel and Clara are growing up in a time of terror. It is 1492, and Spain has decreed that all Jews must either convert to Catholicism, go into exile or face trial and execution. Although forcibly baptized, the sisters are chased through Christendom until they arrive in Venice. It is in this great maritime empire, where opulence rhymes with tolerance, that Isabel organizes secret passages for refugees fleeing the Inquisition while Clara falls in love with a Venetian noble, Paolo Zane. Isabel intends for her family to go to Istanbul, the only place where Jews can live freely, but Clara is reluctant to leave. She challenges Isabel's authority and is prepared to break her family ties and sacrifice her faith for love. Caught in this battle of wills is Clara's daughter, Victoria, who finds she is about to be married into the same faith that murdered her father.
Release Date
January 1, 2004Runtime
94 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Ademir Kenović, Simon MoseleyWritten by
Olivier Bonas, Ademir KenovićLanguage
EnglishBudget
$16,000,000Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
John Turturro
Paolo ZaneKatherine Borowitz
IsabelTara Fitzgerald
ClaraHannah Taylor-Gordon
VictoriaAnton Rodgers
FoscariRonald Pickup
Da MonteMarc Pickering
Andrea ZaneMarianne Borgo
Donna BenvenisteHolly Earl
6 years old ClaraPeter Guinness
Alfonso SalvadorMalcolm Sinclair
Spanish PriestAlessandra Costanzo
Maid BenvinistePoppy Rogers
8 years old IsabelRobert Demeger
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