Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002)

01/28/2002 (FR) • 1h 38m

Drama, War & Politics

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Luca Zingaretti

Giorgio Perlasca

2 Episodes

Jérôme Anger

Farkas

2 Episodes

Amanda Sandrelli

Magda

2 Episodes

Franco Castellano

Adam

2 Episodes

György Cserhalmi

Hauptsturmführer Bleiber

2 Episodes

Marco Bonini

Sándor

2 Episodes

Lorenzo Lavia

Daniel

2 Episodes

Elena Arvigo

Anna

2 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2002 | 2 Episodes

Season 1 of Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man premiered on January 28, 2002.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

Italian

Keywords

budapest, hungary

holocaust (shoah)

world war ii

based on true story

nazism

unsung hero

italiani brava gente

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