Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Directors:

Tony Bill
Tim Hunter

Writers:

Adam Rodman (written by) (segment)
John Pielmeier (written by) (segment)

Release Date:

21 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

True stories of Christians aiding Jews during the Holocaust. |

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Michael Rapaport	...	Szarany (segment "Malka Csizmadia")
Daryl Hannah	...	Maria Althoff (segment "We Are Circus")
Robin Tunney	...	Melvina 'Malka' Csizmadia (segment "Malka Csizmadia")
Tim Matheson	...	Adolf Althoff (segment "We Are Circus")
Barrow Davis	...	Olga Csizmadia
Caterina Scorsone	...	Irena Csizmadia
Brenda Devine	...	Maria Csizmadia
Paul Schulze	...	Milos
Rafael Feldman	...	Lazlow (as Raphael Feldman)
Tomas Chovanec	...	Janusz
Timm Zemanek	...	Sympathetic Officer
Jed Dixon	...	German #1
Steve Mousseau	...	Resistance Man
Ted Ludzik	...	German Soldier
James Downing	...	Hungarian Guard

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Finland:K-3 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Ontario, Canada

Company:

Barwood Films

Movie Connections:

Follows Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples (1998) (TV)

Beautiful True Stories of Sympathy

In Hungry, in the Second World War, Melvina 'Malka' Csizmadia is a eighteen years old girl, living with her two sisters and her mother neighbor to a Jewish ghetto. In the other side of the fence, she meets Szarany (Michael Rapaport), a Jewish soldier arrested and living in the ghetto. She offers to help him first through the delivery of letters to members of the resistance, and then digging a hole beneath a brewery to reach the ghetto. They are successful and many Jews, together with her family, escape to Czechoslovakia.

Second Story: `We Are Circus'

In Germany, in the Second World War, Adolf Althoff (Tim Matheson) is the owner of a German circus that has belonged to his family for nine generations. Adolf and his wife Maria Althoff (Daryl Hannah) hide many Jews in the circus along the war period, saving them from the nazis.

Both true stories are very beautiful and show that even in the worst periods of mankind, good persons do exist, no matter their nationalities, ethnic groups or religions. These persons made the difference and the homage to what they did, showed through these films, is very fair. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): : `Histórias de Coragem 3 – Duas Famílias' (`Stories of Courage: Two Families')