Release Date

03 May, 2012

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Saved over 30000 people

This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. As the Portuguese General Consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, he issued 30,000 visas for safe passage to Portugal. He defied the direct orders of his government and exhibited courage, moral rectitude, unselfishness, and self-sacrifice by issuing visas to all refugees regardless of nationality, race, religion or political opinions.This narrative film expresses his heroic actions towards humanity, which will perpetuate his legacy of justice for a new generation. In 1966, Yad Vashem named him Righteous Among the Nations. He is considered to have achieved the largest single rescue operation of World War II.

Original Title

O Cônsul de Bordéus

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Actors

Vítor Norte

Miguel Borines

João Cabral

António Capelo

São José Correia

Pedro Cunha

Manuel de Blas

Carlos Paulo

Leonor Seixas

Laura Soveral

Sara Barros Leitão

Susana Sá

Ana Cristina Oliveira

Lina

Joaquim Nicolau

Pierce Nathan-Calvin Baechler

Guido Baechler

Jorge Castro Guedes

João Nunes Monteiro

João Paulo Costa

João Melo

Crew

João Nunes

António Torrado

João Correa

José Mazeda

Francisco Manso

Krzysztof Herdzin

Daniel Markowicz

Piotr Galon

Henri Seroka

Pieter Deweirdt

Teresa Font

Krzysztof Szulc

José António Loureiro

François Fripiat