Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)
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.
Director:
Peter Bogdanovich
Writers:
Susan Nanus, Ernest Kinoy.
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Elizabeth Perkins as Gertruda Babilinska (segment "Mamusha") |
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Sela Ward as Marie-Rose Gineste (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Anne Jackson as Maman (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Fritz Weaver as Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Al Waxman as Dr. Jakob Weinstock (segment "Mamusha") |
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Nicky Guadagni as Lydia Stolowitsky (segment "Mamusha") |
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George Morfogen as Adult Michael - Narrator (segment "Mamusha") |
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Michael Cameron as Young Mickey (segment "Mamusha") |
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Fraser McGregor as Older Mickey (segment "Mamusha") |
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Mark Humphrey as Tomas Kolchak (segment "Mamusha") |
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Pixie Bigelow as Mrs. Kolchak (segment "Mamusha") |
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Gerard Parkes as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha") |
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Stuart Stone as Aaron Weinstock (segment "Mamusha") |
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Nancy Beatty as Ella Weinstock (segment "Mamusha") |
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Gerry Quigley as Franek (segment "Mamusha") |
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Douglas O'Keeffe as First S.S. Guard (segment "Mamusha") |
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Wally Bolland as S.S. Officer (segment "Mamusha") |
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Andrew Dolha as S.S. Guard (segment "Mamusha") |
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John Weisgerber as German Soldier (segment "Mamusha") |
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David Jansen as First S.S. Soldier (segment "Mamusha") |
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Mark Lutz as Soldier #1 (segment "Mamusha") |
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Phil Morrison as Soldier #2 (segment "Mamusha") |
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Paul Firestone as Krakowski (segment "Mamusha") |
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Sean Dick as Mickey's Friend #1 (segment "Mamusha") |
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Alex Seeds as Mickey's Friend #2 (segment "Mamusha") |
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Nell Schaap as Crying Woman in Ghetto (segment "Mamusha") |
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Michael Landes as Rene Klein (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Theresa Tova as The Abbess (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Brian Paul as Inspector Fernera (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Barna Moricz as Jules Debret (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Louise Stratten as Annette (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Ed Sahely as Maurice Hirschorn (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Jack Jessop as Grandfather (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Ron Tough as One-Armed Man (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Marvin Karon as Armand Alkimov (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Antonia Bogdanovich as Nicole Bloch (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Judy White as Lotte Hirschorn (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Brittany Whittingstall as Danielle Hirschorn (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Cori Atlin as Rebecca (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Leslie Cottle as Rebecca's Mother (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
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Hugo Dann as Gestapo Man (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") |
| Production | Cis Corman | Executive Producer |
| Art | Zeljka Alosinac | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Susan Nanus | Screenplay |
| Production | Albert Botha | Line Producer |
| Production | Jeff Freilich | Producer |
| Camera | Mirosław Baszak | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hummie Mann | Music |
| Editing | Dianne Ryder-Rennolds | Editor |
| Art | Benno Tutter | Art Direction |
| Writing | Ernest Kinoy | Screenplay |
| Production | Barbra Streisand | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eydi Caines-Floyd | Costume Design |
| Directing | Peter Bogdanovich | Director |
| Art | Franco De Cotiis | Production Design |
| Writing | Gay Block | Book |
| Writing | Malka Drucker | Book |
