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.
Credits
Secret Passage Cast
Name |
Character |
John Turturro
He was 46, now 67 years old
|
as Paolo Zane |
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
She was 16, now 37 years old
|
as Victoria |
Tara Fitzgerald
She was 36, now 57 years old
|
as Clara |
Ronald Pickup
He was 63, now 84 years old
|
as Da Monte |
Katherine Borowitz
She was 49, now 70 years old
|
as Isabel |
Anton Rodgers
He was 70, 74 years old when he died
|
as Foscari |
Marc Pickering
He was 18, now 39 years old
|
as Andrea Zane |
Marc Pickering
He was 18, now 39 years old
|
as Maid Benviniste |
Malcolm Sinclair
He was 314, 49 years old when he died
|
as Spanish Priest |
Marianne Borgo
She was 51, now 71 years old
|
as Donna Benveniste |
Peter Guinness
He was 53, now 74 years old
|
as Alfonso Salvador |
Secret Passage Crew