Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997
106 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
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")
George Morfogen
Adult Michael - Narrator (segment "Mamusha")
Michael Cameron
Young Mickey (segment "Mamusha")
Fraser McGregor
Older Mickey (segment "Mamusha")
Mark Humphrey
Tomas Kolchak (segment "Mamusha")
Pixie Bigelow
Mrs. Kolchak (segment "Mamusha")
Gerard Parkes
Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
Stuart Stone
Aaron Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")
Nancy Beatty
Ella Weinstock (segment "Mamusha")
Gerry Quigley
Franek (segment "Mamusha")
Douglas O'Keeffe
First S.S. Guard (segment "Mamusha")
Wally Bolland
S.S. Officer (segment "Mamusha")
Andrew Dolha
S.S. Guard (segment "Mamusha")
John Weisgerber
German Soldier (segment "Mamusha")
David Jansen
First S.S. Soldier (segment "Mamusha")
Mark Lutz
Soldier #1 (segment "Mamusha")
Phil Morrison
Soldier #2 (segment "Mamusha")
Paul Firestone
Krakowski (segment "Mamusha")
Sean Dick
Mickey's Friend #1 (segment "Mamusha")
Alex Seeds
Mickey's Friend #2 (segment "Mamusha")
Nell Schaap
Crying Woman in Ghetto (segment "Mamusha")
Michael Landes
Rene Klein (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Theresa Tova
The Abbess (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Brian Paul
Inspector Fernera (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Barna Moricz
Jules Debret (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Louise Stratten
Annette (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Ed Sahely
Maurice Hirschorn (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Jack Jessop
Grandfather (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Ron Tough
One-Armed Man (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Marvin Karon
Armand Alkimov (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Antonia Bogdanovich
Nicole Bloch (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Judy White
Lotte Hirschorn (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Brittany Whittingstall
Danielle Hirschorn (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Cori Atlin
Rebecca (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Leslie Cottle
Rebecca's Mother (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Hugo Dann
Gestapo Man (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")