Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

Overview

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.

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich

Top 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")

George Morfogen

Adult Michael - Narrator (segment "Mamusha")

M

Michael Cameron

Young Mickey (segment "Mamusha")

F

Fraser McGregor

Older Mickey (segment "Mamusha")

Mark Humphrey

Tomas Kolchak (segment "Mamusha")

P

Pixie Bigelow

Mrs. Kolchak (segment "Mamusha")

Gerard Parkes

Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")

Stuart Stone

Aaron Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")

Nancy Beatty

Ella Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")

Gerry Quigley

Franek (segment "Mamusha")

Douglas O'Keeffe

First S.S. Guard (segment "Mamusha")

W

Wally Bolland

S.S. Officer (segment "Mamusha")

A

Andrew Dolha

S.S. Guard (segment "Mamusha")

J

John Weisgerber

German Soldier (segment "Mamusha")

D

David Jansen

First S.S. Soldier (segment "Mamusha")

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