
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
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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Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 5, 1997
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama, History, War, TV Movie
User Score
70%
Original Title
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Production Companies
Barwood Films, Paramount Television, Showtime
Director
Peter Bogdanovich
Description
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.
Cast

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")
Crew
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