Persona Non Grata
2015
139 minutes
Overview
The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is the story of a man who believed in doing all he could do for the benefit of his beloved Japan, including trying to keep her from becoming embroiled in a worldwide conflict he saw as inevitable. Along the way, he came face to face with the plight of the European Jews as they tried to escape the onslaught of the Nazi's and the rapidly advancing German army. Caught between the unbending policies of his country now bound by treaty with Nazi Germany and his awakening moral responsibilities, we follow his life from his early days in Manchuria to his eventual posting in Lithuania and his appointment with destiny which would forever brand him a hero.
Top Cast
Toshiaki Karasawa
Chiune Sempo Sugihara
Borys Szyc
Pesz
Agnieszka Grochowska
Irina
Michał Żurawski
Niszli
Cezary Łukaszewicz
Wolfgang Gudze
Koyuki
Gaku Hamada
Takashi Tsukamoto
Anna Grycewicz
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Ganor
Andrzej Blumenfeld
Chaim Rosenthal
Wenanty Nosul
Jan Zwartendijk
Maciej Zakościelny
Marat
Natan Czyżewski
Oskar Borzym
Gabriela Seroczyńska
Hanna in the age of 5
Natalia Nickowska
Hanna in the age of 9
Filip Szczepkowski
Sollie in the age of 9
Artur Szczepkowski
Sollie in the age of 15
Liliana Czyżewska
Estera Rosenthal in the age of 7
Małgorzata Łata
Estera Rosenthal in the age of 13
Patrycja Soliman
Ganor's wife
Bronisława Zamachowska
Ganor's daughter
Artur Krajewski
Irina's husband
Paweł Pliszka
Jean-Christophe Lebert
Krzysztof Franieczek
John Edmondson
british ambassador
Arkadiusz Janiczek
Władimir Abramuszkin
russian engineer
Ali Bahrudinov
Michał Napiątek
Karolina Hildebrandt
crying girl
Mariusz Kiljan
Katarzyna Kwiatkowska
woman in the train
Katarzyna Kaźmierczak
Rosenthal's daughter
Paweł Okraska
Gestapo officer
Mariusz Ochociński
Marcin Korcz
german captain
Krzysztof Kluzik
soviet officer
Igor Obłoza
Lech Dyblik
Henryk Gołębiewski
soviet soldier in the train
Tomasz Leszczyński
Jan Kowalewski
young german soldier
Jakub Konieczny
diplomat
Etl Szyc
Anuszka
