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  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Castle Hill Productions
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Castle Hill Productions
  • 2 h 6 m
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

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.

Directed By: Alberto Negrin

Written By: Enrico Deaglio, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli

  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Castle Hill Productions
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Castle Hill Productions
  • 2 h 6 m

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

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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.

Directed By: Alberto Negrin

Written By: Enrico Deaglio, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
56
43% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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57% Mixed
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75
There are no end of tear-jerking moments in Perlasca, a well-made and heart-rending Italian "Schindler's List."
By Russell Scott Smith FULL REVIEW
70
Negrin's film is a well-deserved tribute to a principled man who dared to act when principles no longer counted for anything.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
63
Zingaretti does a fine job shading a character that is written as an unalloyed saint.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
60
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.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
60
More courageous than Spielberg in its depiction of Nazi brutality, Perlasca occasionally feels like the made-for-Italian-TV film that it is.
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50
Unfortunately, this feature, originally made for Italian television, doesn't quite do justice to its stirring subject.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
Giorgio Perlasca, who has been compared to Oskar Schindler, deserves better than this Italian television film.
By Anita Gates FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Rai Fiction, France 2 (FR2), Hamster Productions, Sveriges Television (SVT), Palomar-Endemol, Focusfilm Kft.
Release Date Apr 15, 2005
Duration 2 h 6 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sannio FilmFest
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Telegatto, Italy
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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