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Status
Released
Release
1989
Runtime
1h 56m
A chronicle of the rescue of oppressed intellectuals and artists from Europe before the outbreak of World War II. It studies the cultural and intellectual impact of this emigre population on American life.
22 Cast Members
Hans Bethe
Self
Bruno Bettelheim
Self
Arthur Cunningham
Narrator
Felicia Deyrup
Self
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Self
Enrico Fermi
Self
Mary Jayne Gold
Self
Hanna Holborn Gray
Self
Dolly Haas
Self
Fritz Lang
Self
Erich Leinsdorf
Self
Lotte Lenya
Self
Golo Mann
Self
Herbert Marcuse
Self
Hans Sahl
Self
Nuria Schoenberg
Self
Rod Serling
Self
Leó Szilárd
Self
Edward Teller
Self
Sabine Thomson
Narrator
