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Perlasca
Boston Premiere
Italy, 2002
126 minutes, color, video
Italian with English subtitles
Director: Alberto Negrin
This drama portrays Giorgio Perlasca's selfless courage in saving more than 5,000 Hungarian Jews during WWII. Perlasca becomes consumed by a sense of humanitarian duty after witnessing the persecution of Jews in Budapest. Passing himself off as Spanish Consul, he tricks the Nazis in a series of ingenious capersGuest: Pierluigi Squillante, Consul General of Italy to New England
Discussant: Antony Polonsky, Brandeis University
Sponsor: The Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts
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