Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

Name: Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: April 15, 2005
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 56

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Castle Hill Productions | Release Date: April 15, 2005

Summary: This film is based on the true story of Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian businessman who passed himself off as the Spanish Consul in Budapest, Hungary, in an effort to save more than 5,000 Jews from Nazi extermination near the end of World War II.

Director: Alberto Negrin

Genre(s): Drama, History, War

Runtime: 104 min

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Russell Scott Smith

There are no end of tear-jerking moments in Perlasca, a well-made and heart-rending Italian "Schindler's List." Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Negrin's film is a well-deserved tribute to a principled man who dared to act when principles no longer counted for anything. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Zingaretti does a fine job shading a character that is written as an unalloyed saint. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Confusing lack of historical set-up considerably dims the potential luster of a great true story: Helmer Alberto Negrin relies instead on competently rendered but cliche-ridden melodrama of nasty Nazis and suffering Jews. Read full review

Peter L'Official

More courageous than Spielberg in its depiction of Nazi brutality, Perlasca occasionally feels like the made-for-Italian-TV film that it is. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Unfortunately, this feature, originally made for Italian television, doesn't quite do justice to its stirring subject. Read full review

Anita Gates

Giorgio Perlasca, who has been compared to Oskar Schindler, deserves better than this Italian television film. Read full review

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S.Tran

Sep 13, 2005

This movie is great, the effects are horrible but thats not the point. The point of the movie is to show the emotion. This movie does more than that and is a welcome change against all the other movies that were made about this time period.

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