Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

Name: Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man
Director: Alberto Negrin
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Released: 2002-01-28
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Luca Zingaretti, Jérôme Anger, Amanda Sandrelli, Franco Castellano, György Cserhalmi

2002

1 Season • 2 Episodes

Drama War & Politics

Director: Alberto Negrin

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.