O Cônsul de Bordéus

O Cônsul de Bordéus (2012)

Drama

This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. As the Portuguese General Consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, he issued 30,000 visas for safe passage to Portugal. He defied the direct orders of his government and exhibited courage, moral rectitude, unselfishness, and self-sacrifice by issuing visas to all refugees regardless of nationality, race, religion or political opinions.This narrative film expresses his heroic actions towards humanity, which will perpetuate his legacy of justice for a new generation. In 1966, Yad Vashem named him Righteous Among the Nations. He is considered to have achieved the largest single rescue operation of World War II.

Directors: João Correa, Francisco Manso.
Writers: João Nunes, António Torrado, João Correa.

Casts

	Vítor Norte as Aristides Sousa Mendes
	Miguel Borines as
	João Cabral as Faria Machado
	António Capelo as Teotónio Pereira
	São José Correia as Andreé Cibal
	Pedro Cunha as Amorim
	Manuel de Blas as
	Carlos Paulo as Chaim Kruger
	Leonor Seixas as
	Laura Soveral as
	Sara Barros Leitão as Esther
	Susana Sá as Sarah Kruger
	Ana Cristina Oliveira as Clara Almeida
	Lina as Singer in Theatre
	Joaquim Nicolau as José Seabra
	Pierce Nathan-Calvin Baechler as Jakob
	Guido Baechler as Hans
	Jorge Castro Guedes as Calheiros Menezes
	João Nunes Monteiro as Aaron Apelman
	João Paulo Costa as Homem no Terraço 1
	João Melo as Homem Apressado
	Margarida Carvalho as Falsa Esther
	Luís Oliveira as Lopo Simão
	Santiago Lagoá as Pedro Nuno
	Maria José Miranda as Mulher à Janela

Crew