The Gestapo commander in the city, with the help of the Italian police commissioner, captures Giorgio and the priest as they are escorting a German defector and Giorgio out of town. However, while the Nazis are taking away their captives, Pina sees her fiance loaded into a truck and runs after Francesco. She is gunned down by the Nazis as she chases the vehicle. The Gestapo interrogates Giorgio through torture.They attempt to use Pietro's religious beliefs to convince him to betray his cause, citing that he allies himself with atheists. Pietro responds that anyone who strives to help others is on the path of God whether they believe in Him or not. They then force Don Pietro to watch as Giorgio is tortured. When Giorgio dies without revealing anything and Don Pietro still refuses to crack, he is taken out and publicly executed in the early morning. The Nazis are deliberately trying to execute the priest before his parish finds out about his arrest the night before and can respond with a protest. However, parish altar boys show up to where Don Pietro is being executed and begin whistling which Don Pietro recognizes. The Italian firing squad are lined up to execute Don Pietro but deliberately miss him with their shots. The officer in charge of the squad walks over to the Don in frustration as soon as he realizes what happens and shoots the priest in the head. The movie ends.
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