A scene from The Vicar , one of the most controversial plays for many years , during the rehearsal at the Thalia Theatre in Budapest . On left Attila Magy as Riccardo Fontana ; Rudolf Somogyvari in the part of an SS doctor , and Erzsi Smodics as a young girl . The play by Protestant , Rolf Hochhuth , is a harsh indictment of the late Pope Pius XII for his alleged non-intervention in the Nazi Massacre of the Jews . 12 February 1966