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Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women
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Wikipedia article
'Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women' is a 1997 television film directed by Peter Bogdanovich.SHOWTIME FILM FOCUSES ON TWO HOLOCAUST HEROES: [FINAL Edition]
Sun-Sentinel wire services. Sun Sentinel 4 Oct 1997: 5.D. It was executive produced by Barbra Streisand.CABLE OFFERS VIEWERS COMPELLING, ORIGINAL FARE: [CHICAGOLAND FINAL Edition]
Kilian, Michael. Chicago Tribune 21 Sep 1997: 11, 5:1.
Plot
Two women try to save Jews from the Germans in World War Two. The story is told in two segments.
In "Mamusha" a Polish housekeeper Gertruda (Elizabeth Perkins) for a Jewish family who helps the mother and her 3-year-old boy flee Warsaw to safety. She then takes the boy to Palestine.
In "Woman on a Bicycle," a secretary (Sela Ward) at a Catholic Diocese in France helps protect a Jewish family.
Cast
*Elizabeth Perkins
*Sela Ward
References
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