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

Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min.
Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich
Written By: Susan Nanus, Ernest Kinoy
Genres: Drama

On DVD: Apr 21, 1998

Critic Reviews

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

            Elizabeth Perkins as Gertruda Babilinska

            Sela Ward as Marie-Rose Gineste

            Anne Jackson as Maman

            Fritz Weaver as Monsignor Theas

            Al Waxman as Dr. Jacob Weinstock

            Nicky Guadagni as Lydia Stolowitsky

            George Morfogen as Adult Michael

            Sean Cameron Michael as Young Mickey

            Fraser McGregor as Older Mickey

            Mark Humphrey as Thomas Kolchak

            Pixie Bigelow as Mrs. Kolchak

            Gerard Parkes as Father Daniel

            Stuart Stone as Aaron Weinstock

            Nancy Beatty as Ella Weinstock

            Gerry Quigley as Franek

            Mark Lutz as Sgt. Klaus Reinhardt

            Paul Firestone as Krakowski

            Michael Landes as Rene Klein

            Paul Brian Anderson as Insp. Fernera

            Barna Moricz as Jules Debret

            L.B. Straten as Annette

            Ed Sahely as Maurice Hirschorn

            Marvin Karon as Armand Alkimov

            Antonia Bogdanovich as Nicole Bloch

            Judy White as Lotte Hirschorn

            Brittany Ali as Danielle Hirschorn

            Cori Atlin as Rebecca
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