My Mother's Courage

My Mother's Courage

1995 · 93 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, History

The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator’s mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you’d least expect it.

Directed by Michael Verhoeven · Written by Michael Verhoeven

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