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Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)

Drama History War TV Movie

Two stories of heroism and profound courage during the Holocaust.

Release Date: 1997, October 5
Directors: Peter Bogdanovich
Countries: United States of America
Production: Barwood Films, Paramount Television, Showtime
Cast: Mark Humphrey, Elizabeth Perkins, Nicky Guadagni, Sela Ward, Gerry Quigley, Louise Stratten, Anne Jackson, Barna Moricz, Stuart Stone, Michael Landes, Brian Paul, Marvin Karon

Overview:

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 whom she is employed, and shepherds him through WWII in hopes of ultimately getting him repatriated to Palestine. In "Woman on a Bicycle," an unmarried French woman is pressed into service by the church to distribute underground communication pamphlets for the Resistance and ultimately ends up helping the church shelter 19 Jews.