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Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man
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Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

2002-01-28 · 98 min / episode · ★ 7.2

Drama · War & Politics

The true story of Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian cattle dealer and avowed fascist who — trapped in Nazi-occupied Budapest after Italy's armistice with the Allies — nevertheless saved more than 5,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust through a combination of lies, bribery and derring-do.

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Production companies
Palomar, Rai Fiction, Focus Film, Hamster Productions, France 2, SVT
Countries
France, Hungary, Italy, Sweden
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Luca ZingarettiLuca ZingarettiGiorgio Perlasca
Jérôme AngerJérôme AngerFarkas
Amanda SandrelliAmanda SandrelliMagda
Franco CastellanoFranco CastellanoAdam
György CserhalmiGyörgy CserhalmiHauptsturmführer Bleiber
Marco BoniniMarco BoniniSándor
Lorenzo LaviaLorenzo LaviaDaniel
Elena ArvigoElena ArvigoAnna
Christiane FilangieriChristiane FilangieriEva
Giuliana LojodiceGiuliana LojodiceM.me Tournè
Mathilda MayMathilda MayContessa Eleonora
Jean-François GarreaudJean-François GarreaudProfessor Balázs
Dezső GarasDezső GarasRabbi
Palle GranditskyPalle GranditskyJacob

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