Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man
7.2
Season 1
99 min
S1 · E1 · Jan 28, 2002
Episode 1 Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Feb 4, 2002
Episode 2 Episode 2
2 episodes in Season 1
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.
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Cast
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Luca Zingaretti
Giorgio Perlasca
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Alberto Negrin Director · Enrico Deaglio Author Ennio Morricone Composer
Total runtime 3h 16m · Episode length 98 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
January 28, 2002
Final episode
February 4, 2002
Status
Ended
Network
Rai 1
Country
Italy
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
98 min
Total runtime
3h 16m
Original language
Italian
Production
Palomar
Production
Rai Fiction
Production
Focus Film
Production
Hamster Productions
Production
France 2
Production
SVT
Production
France · Hungary · Italy · Sweden
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Languages
Original title
Perlasca - Un eroe italiano
Spoken on screen
Italian
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