Bringing a Saint to Screen: Triumph of the Heart w/ Anthony D’Ambrosio | Purposely Catholic | Ep. 80

About this episode

Bringing a saint's life to the screen means making choices about how to tell the story. Anthony D’Ambrosio joins Purposely Catholic to discuss Triumph of the Heart, his film about St. Maximilian Kolbe. He shares its inspiration, the process of making it, and experiences from the set.

We discuss Anthony's approach to portraying Kolbe and why he understands the film as a love story. The conversation also takes up beauty, truth, and virtue in Catholic storytelling.

In this episode

• The inspiration for Triumph of the Heart
• The process of making the film
• Anthony's accounts of experiences on set
• Portraying St. Maximilian Kolbe
• Understanding the film as a love story

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About the guest

Anthony D’Ambrosio is the writer and director of Triumph of the Heart, a feature film about St. Maximilian Kolbe and his companions at Auschwitz. Anthony has described how Kolbe's story helped him through a period of suffering and loss of faith. That experience became part of his motivation for making the film and sharing a story of love and hope amid suffering.