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Two women try to save Jews from the Germans in World War Two. The story is told in two segments. In "Mamusha" a Polish housekeeper Gertruda (Elizabeth Perkins) for a Jewish family who helps the mother and her 3-year-old boy flee Warsaw to safety. She then takes the boy to Palestine.
Oct 5, 1997 · 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.
Two stories of heroism and profound courage during the Holocaust. First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust.
- Peter Bogdanovich
Rescuers: Stories of Courage “Two Women” ★★★ 1997 (PG-13) Fact-based drama about Gentiles who sheltered Jews from Nazi persecution during WWII. In “Mamusha” Perkins plays Gertruda, a Catholic nanny in Poland, who poses as the mother of her orphaned Jewish charge.
Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (TV Movie 1997) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Telefilm depicting two stories from the book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," involving the courageous efforts of non-Jews who risked their lives to rescue victims of the Holocaust. The first story focuses on Gertruda Babilinska, a Polish Catholic housekeeper who devoted her. Cast & Crew. Read More. Peter Bogdanovich.
70. NR 1 hr 46 min Oct 5th, 1997 TV Movie, History, War, Drama. First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust.
