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The Angel of Budapest

The Angel of Budapest

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 22, 2011

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

War, Drama

User Score

62%

Original Title

El ángel de Budapest

Production Companies

DLO Producciones

Director

Luis Oliveros

Budget

$2,000,000

Description

El ángel de Budapest (Angel of Budapest) is a Spanish 2011 television World War II-Holocaust miniseries based on the book "Un español frente al Holocausto" (A Spanish against the Holocaust) written by journalist and radio executive director Diego Carcedo. The plot focuses on Ángel Sanz Briz, a Spanish ambassador in Hungary during World War II who helped to save the lives of thousands of jews from the Holocaust by lodging them in Spanish safe houses in Budapest.