Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)
Two stories of heroism and profound courage during the Holocaust.
1997 · 1h 46m · Drama, History, War, TV Movie
Genres: Drama, History, War, TV Movie
First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust. In the first of two short films, "Mamusha," as the Nazis invade her country, a Polish Catholic housekeeper takes under her wing the youngster in the Jewish family for…
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Writers: Ernest Kinoy, Susan Nanus
Music by: Hummie Mann
Cinematography: Mirosław Baszak
Editor: Dianne Ryder-Rennolds
Cast
Elizabeth Perkins as Gertruda Babilinska (segment "Mamusha")Sela Ward as Marie-Rose Gineste (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")Anne Jackson as Maman (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")Fritz Weaver as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")Al Waxman as Dr. Jakob Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")Nicky Guadagni as Lydia Stolowitsky (segment "Mamusha")George Morfogen as Adult Michael - Narrator (segment "Mamusha")Michael Cameron as Young Mickey (segment "Mamusha")Fraser McGregor as Older Mickey (segment "Mamusha")Mark Humphrey as Tomas Kolchak (segment "Mamusha")Pixie Bigelow as Mrs. Kolchak (segment "Mamusha")Gerard Parkes as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")More like this
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