Besa: The Promise
8.0
A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help the son of an Albanian baker that housed a Jewish family for a year return some Hebrew books that the family had to leave behind.
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Cast
15 people
Rachel Goslins Director · Philip Glass Composer Neil Barrett Cinematographer
United States release July 19, 2012 · Produced in Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, United States · Languages Albanian, English, Hebrew
Production
JWM Productions
Production
Albania · Bulgaria · Israel · United States
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God’s House
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Albanian · English · Hebrew
Release dates
United States · July 19, 2012
Theatrical
Poland
April 26, 2013 · Jewish Motifs Film Festival
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