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PERLASCA UN EROE ITALIANO (2002)

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Film details

Featuring

Luca Zingaretti Jérôme Anger Mathilda May
Director

Alberto Negrin
Countries

France Hungary Italy Netherlands Sweden
Year

2002
Genre

War
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Il CORAGGIO DI UN UOMO GIUSTO Alternative
PERLASCA Alternative
PERLASCA, LE COURAGE D'UN HOMME JUSTE Alternative
PERLASCA THE COURAGE OF A JUST MAN Alternative

Synopsis

True story of the Italian "Schindler," set in Budapest in the last months of World War II. Passing himself off as the Spanish consul, issuing false documents, and organizing refuge houses, Perlasca saved thousands of Jews from the death trains of Adolf Eichmann. Based on the diaries of Giorgio Perlasca.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Giorgio Perlasca
    
    Luca Zingaretti
  - Farkas
    
    Jérôme Anger
  - Countess Eleonora
    
    Mathilda May
  - Professor Balasz
    
    Jean-François Garreaud
  - Magda
    
    Amanda Sandrelli
  - Adam
    
    Franco Castellano
  - Sandor
    
    Marco Bonini
  - Daniel
    
    Lorenzo Lavia
  - Anna
    
    Elena Arvigo
  - Eva
    
    Christiane Filangieri
  - Mme Tournè
    
    Giuliana Lojodice
  - Rabbino
    
    Dezsö Garas
  - Jakob
    
    Palle Granditsky
  - Lieutenant Szarka
    
    Alvaro Gradella
  - cast member
    
    Klaus Maria Brandauer
  - Bleiber
    
    György Cserhalmi
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Alberto Negrin
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    RAI
  - Production Company
    
    Hamster Productions
  - Production Company
    
    France 2 Cinéma
  - Production Company
    
    Palomar
  - Production Company
    
    EndeMol Entertainment
  - Production Company
    
    Focus Film (Budapest)
  - Production Company
    
    SVT Fiktion
  - [International Sales]
    
    RAI Trade
  - Producer
    
    Carlo Degli Esposti
  - Producer
    
    Jean-Luc Azoulay
  - Production Supervisor
    
    Gianfranco Barbagallo
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Stefano Rulli
  - Screenplay
    
    Sandro Petraglia
  - Script Collaborator
    
    Enrico Degalio
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Stefano Ricciotti
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Antonio Siciliano
  Design:
  - Supervising Art Director
    
    Giantito Burchiellaro
  - Art Director
    
    Laszlo Gardonyi
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Agnes Gyarmathy
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Maurizio Nardi
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Ennio Morricone
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Ottó Oláh

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