O Cônsul de Bordéus (2012)
Overview
This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. As the Portuguese General Consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, he issued 30,000 visas for safe passage to Portugal. He defied the direct orders of his government and exhibited courage, moral rectitude, unselfishness, and self-sacrifice by issuing visas to all refugees regardless of nationality, race, religion or political opinions.This narrative film expresses his heroic actions towards humanity, which will perpetuate his legacy of justice for a new generation. In 1966, Yad Vashem named him Righteous Among the Nations. He is considered to have achieved the largest single rescue operation of World War II.
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | pt |
Popularity | 3.814 |
Directed By
João Correa
Francisco Manso
Crew
João Correa
Francisco Manso
João Nunes
António Torrado
José Mazeda
Krzysztof Herdzin
Daniel Markowicz
Piotr Galon
João Correa
Henri Seroka
José António Loureiro
Teresa Font
Gonçalo Soromenho
Pieter Deweirdt
François Fripiat
Kacper Habisiak
Marcin Kasiński
Vasco Pedroso
Krzysztof Szulc
Rodrigo Dray
Jacek Wiśniewski
TOP CAST
Vítor Norte
Aristides Sousa Mendes
João Cabral
Faria Machado
António Capelo
Teotónio Pereira
São José Correia
Andreé Cibal
Pedro Cunha
Amorim
Carlos Paulo
Chaim Kruger
Sara Barros Leitão
Esther
Susana Sá
Sarah Kruger
Ana Cristina Oliveira
Clara Almeida
Lina
Singer in Theatre
Joaquim Nicolau
José Seabra
Guido Baechler
Hans
Jorge Castro Guedes
Calheiros Menezes
João Nunes Monteiro
Aaron Apelman
João Paulo Costa
Homem no Terraço 1
João Melo
Homem Apressado
Margarida Carvalho
Falsa Esther
Luís Oliveira
Lopo Simão
Santiago Lagoá
Pedro Nuno
Maria José Miranda
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