Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama, History, War, TV Movie
Written By:Ernest Kinoy, Susan Nanus
In Theaters:10/5/1997
Box Office:
Runtime:106 minutes
Studio:Barwood Films, Paramount Television, Showtime
Cast
Peter Bogdanovich
Director
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")
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