My Mother's Courage (1995)
The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator’s mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you’d least expect it.
Director: Michael Verhoeven
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George Tabori as George Tabori |
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Pauline Collins as Elsa Tabori |
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Ulrich Tukur as SS-Offizier |
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Natalie Morse as Maria |
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Robert Giggenbach as Cornelius Tabori |
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Heribert Sasse as Kelemen |
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Günter Bothur as |
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Simon Verhoeven as Junger SS-Mann |
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Buddy Elias as Rabbi |
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Peter Radtke as Man in Wheel Chair |
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Otto Grünmandl as Julius |
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Hana Frejková as Martha |
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Jens Harzer as |
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Tatiana Dyková as Olga |
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István Iglódi as Usicky |
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Eddi Arent as Klapka |
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Wolfgang Gasser as Agloof |
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Peter Mohrdieck as Glatzkopf |
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Jindřich Bonaventura as |
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Jiří Knot as German clerk |
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Johanna Mertinz as |
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Stanislav Tříska as |
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Vladimír Volek as |
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Jitka Smutná as |
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Horst Hiemer as |
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Axel Scholtz as |
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Jiří Ornest as |
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Petra Berndt as |
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Josef Vajnar as |
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Eva Holubová as |
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Radka Mayerová as |
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Miroslav Táborský as |
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Jaroslav Těšitel as |
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Ondřej Škoch as |
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Jaroslava Kretschmerová as |
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Liliyan Malkina as |
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Petr Janiš as |
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Mikuláš Roth as |
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Valerie Kaplanová as |
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Rudolf Stärz as |
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Stanislav Hájek as |
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Arnošt Goldflam as |
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Marcela Králová as |
| Directing | Michael Verhoeven | Director |
| Editing | David Freeman | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosemarie Hettmann | Costume Design |
| Camera | Michael Epp | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Theo Bierkens | Director of Photography |
| Art | Wolfgang Hundhammer | Art Direction |
| Sound | Johannes Rommel | Sound |
| Writing | Michael Verhoeven | Writer |
| Production | Michael Verhoeven | Producer |
| Writing | George Tabori | Novel |
| Sound | Julian Nott | Music |
| Production | Veit Heiduschka | Producer |
| Production | James Mitchell | Producer |