SummaryThis 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, Alex Luria, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man
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43% Positive
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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."
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Negrin's film is a well-deserved tribute to a principled man who dared to act when principles no longer counted for anything.
63
Zingaretti does a fine job shading a character that is written as an unalloyed saint.
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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.
60
More courageous than Spielberg in its depiction of Nazi brutality, Perlasca occasionally feels like the made-for-Italian-TV film that it is.
50
Unfortunately, this feature, originally made for Italian television, doesn't quite do justice to its stirring subject.
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Giorgio Perlasca, who has been compared to Oskar Schindler, deserves better than this Italian television film.
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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:1 h 44 m
Awards
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sannio FilmFest
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Telegatto, Italy
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
