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Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

1997 · 106 min

A solemn, slow-burning tribute to quiet heroism, carrying the weight of history with earnest restraint and moments of tense peril.

Tagline: Two stories of heroism and profound courage during the Holocaust.
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.
How it feels: Earnest, tense, melancholic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, faith, family, war
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
faith
family
war
crime
Places: countryside
big city
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none