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Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

70% | Oct 05, 1997 | 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 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.

Featured Crew

Peter Bogdanovich
Director
Ernest Kinoy
Screenplay

Cast

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Elizabeth Perkins
Gertruda Babilinska (segment "Mamusha")
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Sela Ward
Marie-Rose Gineste (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
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Anne Jackson
Maman (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
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Fritz Weaver
Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
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Al Waxman
Dr. Jakob Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")

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