Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002)
Drama · War & Politics
Overview
The true story of Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian cattle dealer and avowed fascist who — trapped in Nazi-occupied Budapest after Italy's armistice with the Allies — nevertheless saved more than 5,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust through a combination of lies, bribery and derring-do.
Cast
- Luca Zingaretti as Giorgio Perlasca
- Jérôme Anger as Farkas
- Amanda Sandrelli as Magda
- Franco Castellano as Adam
- György Cserhalmi as Hauptsturmführer Bleiber
- Marco Bonini as Sándor
- Lorenzo Lavia as Daniel
- Elena Arvigo as Anna
- Christiane Filangieri as Eva
- Giuliana Lojodice as M.me Tournè