Film

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

1997 · 1h 46m · Drama · History · War

Two stories of heroism and profound courage during the Holocaust.

IMDb

6.4

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.

Elizabeth Perkins

Gertruda Babilinska (segment "Mamusha")

Sela Ward

Marie-Rose Gineste (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")

Anne Jackson

Maman (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")

Fritz Weaver

Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")

Al Waxman

Dr. Jakob Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")

Nicky Guadagni

Lydia Stolowitsky (segment "Mamusha")

George Morfogen

Adult Michael - Narrator (segment "Mamusha")

Michael Cameron

Young Mickey (segment "Mamusha")

Fraser McGregor

Older Mickey (segment "Mamusha")

Mark Humphrey

Tomas Kolchak (segment "Mamusha")

Pixie Bigelow

Mrs. Kolchak (segment "Mamusha")

Gerard Parkes

Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")

Stuart Stone

Aaron Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")

Nancy Beatty

Ella Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")

Gerry Quigley

Franek (segment "Mamusha")

Douglas O'Keeffe

First S.S. Guard (segment "Mamusha")

• Peter BogdanovichDirector
• Ernest KinoyScreenplay
• Susan NanusScreenplay
• Jeff FreilichProducer
• Barbra StreisandExecutive Producer
• Cis CormanExecutive Producer
• Mirosław BaszakDirector of Photography
• Dianne Ryder-RennoldsEditor

Release date

October 5, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 46m

Genres

Drama, History, War, TV Movie