Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)
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Based on Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust, a book by Gay Block and Malka Drucker, this made-for-cable drama was intended as the first of a trilogy inspired by the same literary source. The film is divided into two segments, both set in Europe during WWII. Scripted by Ernest… More Based on Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust, a book by Gay Block and Malka Drucker, this made-for-cable drama was intended as the first of a trilogy inspired by the same literary source. The film is divided into two segments, both set in Europe during WWII. Scripted by Ernest Kinoy, "Mamusha" stars Elizabeth Perkins as a Polish-Catholic nanny who saves her orphaned Jewish charge by literally hiding the child in plain sight, posing as the child's mother. And "The Woman on the Bicycle," adapted by Susan Nanus, features Sela Ward and Fritz Weaver in the story of a fearless French resistance fighter who smuggles secret papers for the Allies while going about her daily cheese deliveries (this same character was fictionalized in the 1963 theatrical epic The Longest Day). Executive-produced by Barbra Streisand and directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Rescuers: Stories of Courage -- Two Women made its Showtime cable debut on October 5, 1997. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Written By
- Susan Nanus, Ernest Kinoy
- Genres
- Drama
PG-13,
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Two stories of Christians in Europe who risked their lives to help Jews being persecuted by the Nazis.
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Cast
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Elizabeth Perkins
as Gertruda Babilinska
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Sela Ward
as Marie-Rose Gineste
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Anne Jackson
as Maman
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Fritz Weaver
as Monsignor Theas
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Al Waxman
as Dr. Jacob Weinstock
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Nicky Guadagni
as Lydia Stolowitsky
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George Morfogen
as Adult Michael
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Sean Cameron Michael
as Young Mickey
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Fraser McGregor
as Older Mickey
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Mark Humphrey
as Thomas Kolchak
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Pixie Bigelow
as Mrs. Kolchak
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Gerard Parkes
as Father Daniel
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Stuart Stone
as Aaron Weinstock
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Nancy Beatty
as Ella Weinstock
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Gerry Quigley
as Franek
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Mark Lutz
as Sgt. Klaus Reinhardt
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Paul Firestone
as Krakowski
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Michael Landes
as Rene Klein
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Paul Brian Anderson
as Insp. Fernera
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Barna Moricz
as Jules Debret
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L.B. Straten
as Annette
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Ed Sahely
as Maurice Hirschorn
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Marvin Karon
as Armand Alkimov
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Antonia Bogdanovich
as Nicole Bloch
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Judy White
as Lotte Hirschorn
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Brittany Ali
as Danielle Hirschorn
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Cori Atlin
as Rebecca
