Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women

Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women is a 1997 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich.[1]

It was executive produced by Barbra Streisand.[2]

Plot

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.

In "Woman on a Bicycle," a secretary (Sela Ward) at a Catholic Diocese in France helps protect a Jewish family.

Cast
gollark: I mean, if *I* had access to unfathomable cosmic power, I would ruthlessly exploit it for all it's worth.
gollark: You mean there are literally no other possible things? Or is this like that thing with the god where you refused to run my obviously good test of having them factorize semiprimes.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: You should eliminate it with magic.
gollark: Consider erbium.

References
  1. SHOWTIME FILM FOCUSES ON TWO HOLOCAUST HEROES: [FINAL Edition] Sun-Sentinel wire services. Sun Sentinel 4 Oct 1997: 5.D.
  2. CABLE OFFERS VIEWERS COMPELLING, ORIGINAL FARE: [CHICAGOLAND FINAL Edition] Kilian, Michael. Chicago Tribune 21 Sep 1997: 11, 5:1.
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