Hochhuth
Britishnoun
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In the early 1960s, however, the German playwright Rolf Hochhuth brought Pius XII’s wartime actions back into the headlines with a new play, the title of which was rendered in English as The Deputy.
From Time ● Jul. 28, 2016
And within the papal apartments, according to German Playwright Rolf Hochhuth, sat a man who by a word might have stayed that mass murder.
From Time Magazine Archive
But like Hochhuth, Father Riccardo sees himself as holier than the Pope, and he leaves Pius' presence with the words, "God must not destroy the church because a Pope hid when he was summoned."
From Time Magazine Archive
As Hochhuth has portrayed him, Pius is all discretion and no valor, and as Emlyn Williams plays him, he is gently dignified but bloodless, Christ's bookkeeper rather than his vicar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hochhuth portrayed Pius XII as a Machiavellian "inverted mystic" who hoped to use Hitler to save Europe from Communism.
From Time Magazine Archive
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