
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women 1997
"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 ch
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
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")