Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

Limited Series 2002 · 2 eps · ★ 7.2 · Drama, War & Politics

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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.

Directed by Alberto Negrin

Network: Rai 1

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