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Status
Released
Release
1997
Runtime
1h 46m
"Two stories of heroism and profound courage during the Holocaust."
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.
41 Cast Members
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")
Wally Bolland
S.S. Officer (segment "Mamusha")
Andrew Dolha
S.S. Guard (segment "Mamusha")
John Weisgerber
German Soldier (segment "Mamusha")
David Jansen
First S.S. Soldier (segment "Mamusha")
