Drama ·History · Austria · 1995 · 1h 33m

My Mother's Courage

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Director
Michael Verhoeven
Cast
George Tabori as George Tabori Pauline Collins as Elsa Tabori Ulrich Tukur as SS-Offizier Natalie Morse as Maria Robert Giggenbach as Cornelius Tabori Heribert Sasse as Kelemen
Crew
Michael Epp — Director of Photography Theo Bierkens — Director of Photography David Freeman — Editor Michael Verhoeven — Writer George Tabori — Novel Veit Heiduschka — Producer
Synopsis

The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator’s mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you’d least expect it.

Mood & Themes
budapest, hungaryholocaust (shoah)auschwitz-birkenau concentration campholocaust (shoah) survivor1940s
Key Collaborators
Michael Verhoeven Director Michael Epp Director of Photography Theo Bierkens Director of Photography David Freeman Editor Michael Verhoeven Writer George Tabori Novel Veit Heiduschka Producer Michael Verhoeven Producer James Mitchell Producer Rosemarie Hettmann Costume Design
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