Synopsis
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.
Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- Elizabeth PerkinsGertruda Babilinska (segment "Mamusha")
- Sela WardMarie-Rose Gineste (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
- Anne JacksonMaman (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
- Fritz WeaverFather Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
- Al WaxmanDr. Jakob Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")
- Nicky GuadagniLydia Stolowitsky (segment "Mamusha")
- George MorfogenAdult Michael - Narrator (segment "Mamusha")
- Michael CameronYoung Mickey (segment "Mamusha")
- Fraser McGregorOlder Mickey (segment "Mamusha")
- Mark HumphreyTomas Kolchak (segment "Mamusha")
