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Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan is about the way that war can affect people in various ways. . Id be happy with a smile. Pino sighed. We want to hear from you! I also think historians have tended to ignore Italy because General Eisenhower decided to pull multiple divisions out of Italy in the late spring of 1944 to bolster the fight for France. Did this scene change the way you thought about him? Is Beneath A Scarlet Sky going to be a movie? Driving for Ferrari, Ascari was World Grand Prix Champion twice. The cities were both magnif, We went on the coffee tour for a bachelorette party. Alberta Ascari, who taught Pino to drive, lived his childhood dreams and became an Italian national hero. I read the book in December 2017 and then posted about it on my Facebook page. Mark Sullivan: Hearing the story, especially the story of [Pino] and Anna, was the most emotional thing Ive ever gone through as a writer. Some had already dropped, and they picked them up from the dirt, brushed them off, peeled the skin, and ate them. At times, Michele Lella could play brilliantly, but more often than not, Pinos father would stutter his rhythm or squall through a section that demanded a smooth touch. .I cant believe it at first. Knowing youd have to work for the enemy, what would you have done if you were in Pinos shoes? parents sent Pino and his brother into the mountains for safety, they worked That night, the Allied forces begin bombing Milan. Later, when he became the driver to a powerful Nazi general, and so a spy, he risked his life again and again to get information to the partisan resistance and to the Allies. He stopped, and she kept on, disappearing into the crowd. Sullivan and Amazon know the market and how to best get the story out. Dehlendorf had been successful on Wall Street before moving out west and buying the ranch where Robert Redford shot the Horse Whisperer. under the direction of a Catholic priest to smuggle hundreds of Jews to neutral He was the driver of General Hans Leyers and at the same time a spy for the Allies. visited the site of a Catholic boys school that served as a staging facility In an attempt to protect him, Pino's parents force him to enlist as a German soldiera move they think will keep him out of combat. Everybody has their scars, and I learned that from him. Pinos father sat in the grass next to his violin case, his arms wrapped around his knees and an enchanted look on his face. He has become forgetful and has a hard time focusing on a subject, often losing his track of thought. See? [6] Elyesa Bazna. According to Pino, thats exactly why he got the job.. Major General Leyers saves four sick children from Platform 21and from death. No bomb stench. What saved Pino? true story of Pino Lella and covers the years from June of 1943 to the end of . The photos were obtained by the author either from Franco's 2003 and 2008 articles about his childhood experience. I went back to Italy twice more, and to Germany a second and third time. One old partisan fighter I interviewed told me that when he reluctantly went to a high school in Milan recently at the request of a history teacher to talk about the war, the students laughed at him. I was as shaken as Ive ever been, and did indeed pray for a story. Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love. Reader Q&A, "I recommend visiting comments under the top default reviews and certain discussions in the Q&A section on GoodReads, as well as Reddit and the Axis History forum (search Hans Leyers to find Sullivan's 2009 thread and the replies that provide info on how Leyers was miscast and abused). Then, in interviews I conducted in Germany in 2016, Leyers daughter, his former religious minister, and his former aide told me that the general was released after testifying in secret against Albert Speer, Hitlers architect, the head of the entire OT, and the only member of the Fuhrers inner circle to escape the hangmans noose at the war crimes trials at Nuremberg. In the late 1990s, Dehlendorf was on an extended vacation in Italy when he met Pino by chance. His love for Anna, his love for his family, his love for his country. As you mentioned, there was and is a collective amnesia concerning Italy and Italians in WWII. Francas War tells tragic saga of Italian suffering . Is it offensive? Out of those three, the character of Mrs. Are their actions justified? Were it not for Sullivan's compulsion to go out of his way to help convince folks believed the novel represents a story that "hews closely to what happened to" Lella, I'd not likely stumble across the record of that interview and ultimately listen to it. He and his wife had the money to restore a manor house on a large estate she inherited. Pinos position as a driver and translator for a general in charge of during the summers as a child Pino and Mimo were sent to a missionary called Casa Alpina near lake Como. clearly found by Sullivan after the book manuscript was out of his hands. One of those Germans held awaiting trial was the man Pino drove for: Major General Hans Leyers, who ran the OT in Italy and answered directly to Adolf Hitler. . He was rattled even by that admission, wept briefly, and then stared off for a long time. Pino arrived with a friend. 2 reviews. Shawn Levy will direct that. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. The OT manufactured or stole everything the German military needed, from cannons to uniforms, from ammunition to food. He certainly could have learned Pino's code name while supposedly helping the American's after the surrender. Cardinal: Schuster: Famous and powerful. Napolitano came to life. The good things and the bad things that have happened to us, and that is when we see the true nature of a relationship too. What happened to Anna Marta in beneath the scarlet sky? Toward the end, Pino is given the chance to execute Major General Leyers. Hes 92 today. They said the things hed seen could never have happened. The war came to Giuseppe "Pino" Lella right as he watched Fred Astaire dance with Ginger Rogers. shortcoming. It isn't as though he'd admit "It's almost entirely fiction; I made most of it up. Carletto shook him awake. He grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Hamilton College with a BA in English before working as a volunteer in the Peace Corps in Niger, West Africa. Beneath a Scarlet Sky conjures an era with a magicians ease, weaving a rich tapestry of a wartime epic. It is the story of a forgotten WWII hero. And Nessun Dorma was the perfect choice., For such a magnificent place, it was the only one we could think of, his father said, seeming in awe of what hed done. Pinos cousin, Licia Albanese, fled to America before the invasion, and spent the rest of her long career as a soprano singing leads at the New York Metropolitan Opera under the direction of Arturo Toscanini. rest of his life. Code name Cicero; Worked for the British ambassador in Ankara and photographed many top-secrets documents for Nazi Germany. Yet, you convinced him to talk and ended up going to hear the story in Italy. Pino Lella, born 1926 in Milan, Italy. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. This pinch actuallytook place in Canadaas this femalereporter was on the air talkingabout Copyrighted work of Paul Spadoni. Anna is his refuge, one of the few places he can turn to for sanity and hope for a future beyond the war. His name is Pino Lella. Giuseppe "Pino" Lella (born June 1, 1926 in Milan) is an Italian driver and contemporary witness of the final phase of the Second World War. Pino said that he would. If you can, talk about your sense of the dark forest or the abyss maybe in contrast or comparison to Pinos. Pino Lella is a normal Italian teenager living an idyllic life in Italy, until bombs begin falling on Milan and word of Nazi atrocities begin to circulate. When he tells her the truth, she softens and they kiss. efficiently. How well do you think he captures the fear in the air? I lived in an apartment on the third floor of the villa with a view of red tile roofs, the water, and the Alps beyond. What do you think the author intended by choosing to portray such an evil man in this light? That philosophy, or internal compass, if you will, enabled Pino to go beyond who he was, to turn selfless in moments of crisis. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Pino also extraordinarily young, and like any brash young man he rarely seemed to let doubt cloud his thinking, high in the Alps, or down in Milan in the presence of General Leyers. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Pino noticed some girls down by the rock wall that surrounded the fruit grove. His formal title was Generalbevollmchtigter fur Reichsminister fr Rstung und Kriegsproduktion fr Italien. Hes a normal Italian teenagerobsessed with music, food, and girlsbut his days of innocence are numbered. He is given a choice and chooses to enlist. Oct 23, 2018 As we already thought, this article states that Beneath a Scarlet Sky will be a television series, not a film. He sobbed to me, I said nothing. When Pino turned 18 and Cow shit and spiders and snakes and, Whop! Movie Insider is a registered service mark of The Movie Insider LLC. It is a law of nature. How does this statement inform Leyers character? Mark Sullivan was born to write this novel based on the real story of Pino Lella, one of many unsung heroes of the Second World War. Anna Marta took a bullet to her heart crumpled back against the wall and died in the dust, as Pino watched helplessly when a partisan firing squad executed her for the crime of being Leyers maid. . Q: The book is dedicated, in part, to Robert Dehlendorf, who heard the tale first, and rescued me. On the way to the dinner party where you learned about Pino Lella, you contemplated suicide and prayed for a story, something greater than myself, a project I could get lost in. You were saved by that story. He had a self-deprecating nature and often downplayed his role and the dangers he faced. He was very familiar with the Alps and its surroundings from his childhood, and even defeated the weather to save the Jews from the war. So, Although it was a very cold day in Milano, Valeria was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about sharing her beautifu, Our tour with Valeria was like visiting Milano with a very knowledgeable friend. Uncle Albert fished in a canvas bag for bread, wine, cheese, and dried salami. partisan resistors. She is executed after the war ends because of her association with the general. Testing for Ancestry? He knew about and encouraged the Catholic underground railroad that formed to get Jews out of Italy, many of them over the Alps in the winter of 1943-44. The book is based on the I spent nearly three weeks with Pino, who Not a perfect man by any stretch of the imagination, but then again who is? Tod in May of 2019, Sullivan describes some of the efforts he took Paul and Lucy Spadoni periodically live in Tuscany to explore Pauls Italian roots, practice their Italian and enjoy la dolce vita. Paul is the author of "An American Family in Italy: Living La Dolce Vita without Permission," an Amazon bestseller. I'm curious for other people's thoughts! Hes one of these 'instantaneous friends' kind of guys: very loving, very warm, very giving. While waiting to join the fight, Lello joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, guiding hundreds of Jews to safety in a year. I gave in to it and adjusted by switching obligations. When I first went to see him I stayed for three weeks. I realized very early on, for example, that in addition to Pinos story I could tell the broader history of the fight for what Winston Churchill called the soft underbelly of Europe.. And that, my friends, is the issue with historical fiction. Q: A self-described adventure nut, youve said youre attracted to stories where characters are pushed to their limits and Pino Lella, the hero of Beneath a Scarlet Sky, is definitely one of these characters. Then Pino . But, as you mentioned, there comes a moment late in the book, and in the war, when chaos and anarchy is reigning in Milan, and Pino is forced to choose between life and love. His descriptions of the nightmare version were incredibly detailed, and recounting it crushed him physically and mentally. Anna Marta inspires in Pino the desire to keep on living con smania, with passion. Appearing unaccountably angry, Carletto got up and walked downhill toward the orchard. She agrees and tells him her name is Anna. He jogged downhill to catch up with Carletto, told him his plan, and they tried to artfully intercept the girls. She is not only meeting us at, We planned to be in Milan for only a day, so we scheduled a tour of Milan with Mirella. Like life isnt going to turn out the way we think, that its going to go badly for us., You never paid much attention in history class, did you? If you were to gauge that by the way he acted on a day-to-day basis during our reliving of his life at seventeen and eighteen, and in the subsequent decade I spent research, Id say yes, absolutely. hometownweekly.net/medfield/sulli This comes on a week when . The OT built fortifications across Italy and Europe. We asked, We loved our coffee tour with Mirella on our last day in Milan before going up north. In an interview with author and The former must hew to the documented facts and eye-witness accounts. And the focus of journalists, historians, and novelists turned largely to the drama of D Day and its aftermath. That film, now called The Papers, took root at Fox and Amblin, where it will be released in the upcoming Oscar race, with Steven Spielberg directing Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in those roles. I realized I was worth more dead than alive." Sullivan calls his book a novel. In reality he acted with the full authority of Hitler. portrait of Pino Lella Jonas Jungblut Photography work about contact stories projects euro portraits Japan virtual portraits The Young Man and the Island everest in a stairwell King Monkey and the Infinite Sunshine straight from the minibar Isla Vista strollerrides Bamboo Diaries JUNGBLUT 20xx shop art Menu portraits work about contact stories Next. When Pino turned 18 and was required to enlist in the Italian army, he became the driver and translator for one of the most powerful and mysterious officers in the German High Command. unequivocally true. She was cheerful and funny, though showed a great knowledge about, In the Footsteps of Pino Lella with Valeria Andreoli. But the general was never tried, and was released from a POW camp outside Innsbruck, Austria twenty-three months after the wars end. Once I surrendered to that, I knew I was in the realm of historical fiction and writing a novel. I had an amazing story to tell. Father Luigi Re ran Casa Alpina, the Catholic boys school high in Italys northern mountains where Jews and other refugees gathered before making the brutal climb to Switzerland. This was our first visit to Italy. And that is the goal. time when courage was common, Sullivan said. citizens and the inside operations of the German army. I saw my wife and kids in the snow, and I didnt. When the Germans surrender, the Italians turn on each other and many butcher each other to death, either for doing nothing or for being friendly with the Germans. He also owned a small ski area in California and was fascinated by World War II. After spending eleven years with this story, I came to believe that Pino was able to survive all these incredible situations because of his basic decency, his gratitude, and his love of life; because of his deep emotional intelligence; and due to his fundamental belief in the miracle of every moment, even the darkest ones, and in the promise of a better tomorrow, even when that promise was not warranted. At least it is to me. -- Mark Sullivan. And I went home, didnt tell my wife what Id gone through. How had the story never been told? I really am. Yet it is all true. Yet it is all true. stand out from the other stories Ive read about Italy during war times? 1945. Knebel and Pino witnessed the desecration of Mussolini. Did he actually get the job of driver to General Leyers by fixing his car? And then the next thing I heard was, Hes alive.. How clean the air is. Is that unusual? . Ask the Author. In front of Fendi store, formerly Pino Lella's home, Viale Piave, 42, 20129 Milano MI, Italy Its not good., What do you think it means? Carletto cried. Sullivan shows the tragedy of war, and how it can change the way that a person sees life. In an attempt to protect him, Pino's parents force him to enlist as a German soldiera move they think will keep him out of combat. They, like Pino rose to challenge after challenge, responded, and in victory and in tragedy promptly buried their memories, and told no one. He rides a mountain bike . railroad that led Jews out of Italy, and we walked the streets of the fashion Over the years and between projects, I spent weeks in the Nazi War Archives in Berlin and Friedrichsburg, Germany and in the U.S. Archives in Maryland. composite characters and stitch lines of plot in a way that tell the story more A spy for the Allies and a participant in the underground railroad that protected Italy's Jews during World War II, Giuseppe Lella considered himself a coward until an American author persuaded him to share his story with the world. Then the deeper story began to surface. Pino Lella. Pino doesn't see Anna again until he becomes a driver for General Leyers. Anna Lella and 4 other siblings. Pino said, You okay?, Carletto shrugged. Mr Lellas parents had pressed him to volunteer for the job to avoid being conscripted by the Germans and sent to the front line. The WW II era was a Check out more of our content:https://www.youtube.com/c/FilmMobTV?sub_confirmation=1The Main Camera we use: https://amzn.to/3tOI3dnMy Backup Camera / Photo C. It reminds me of the theme of faith, what we cling to maybe when we think we have nothing left. But he should stop, you know? Leyers and other men responsible for atrocities were set free, and subsequent generations of Italians were left with little shared memories of what exactly had happened in northern Italy during the war. Works at Asl Bari Servizio Farmaceutico. Hans: Leyer: A man who Pino served for as driver. It was excruciating to listen to either man because you could never relax. Aka: II Duce . How did you know you wanted to write it that way? During that time, and apart from the details of his war story, Pino taught me about life and his values and the many, many joys hed been blessed with after handing over General Leyers to U.S. Paratroopers on the last day of the war. He's a normal Italian teenagerobsessed with . The following are highlights from a conversation with Mark Sullivan about his book, and future feature length film, Beneath A Scarlet Sky. Some public transport will be used. View the profiles of people named Pino Lella. or ask your favorite author a question with Pascal Pictures Pascal and Rachel OConnor have acquired film rights to the Mark Sullivan novel Beneath A Scarlet Sky, with Holland attached to play the lead role. Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man's incredible courage and resilience during one of history's darkest hours. Physically, he is in phenomenal shape. )Among other things, Franco and another man who lived at Casa Alpina from Sept 1943 to April 1945 know quite well that the Lella boys didn't live there with them and the (relatively few, not dozens) of other people. 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