Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

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Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

7.0(3 votes)
2002 - 2002
1 Season
Ended
DramaWar & Politics
budapest, hungaryholocaust (shoah)world war iibased on true storynazismunsung heroitaliani brava gente

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.