The story of Sister Pascalina Lehnert, who was the personal confidant and secretary to Pope Pius XII for forty years, when he was the papal nuncio in Germany, and then for his whole pontificate. The Pope had great confidence in her wisdom, energy, and loyalty, and she became known as "the most powerful woman in the history of the Vatican."

Genres

Cast

Christine Neubauer

Sister Pascalina

Remo Girone

Eugenio Pacelli/Papst Pius XII

Georg Blumreiter

Diener

Mareike Carrière

Mrs. Valentine Miller

Clara Conzen

Magdalena