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Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Release Date: Oct 05, 1997
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Genres: Drama, History, War, TV Movie

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Elizabeth Perkins | Gertruda Babilinska (segment "Mamusha")
Sela Ward | Marie-Rose Gineste (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Anne Jackson | Maman (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Fritz Weaver | Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Al Waxman | Dr. Jakob Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")
Nicky Guadagni | Lydia Stolowitsky (segment "Mamusha")
Featured Crew
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Peter Bogdanovich | Director
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Ernest Kinoy | Screenplay
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Susan Nanus | Screenplay
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Jeff Freilich | Producer
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Barbra Streisand | Executive Producer
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Cis Corman | Executive Producer