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Release Date:
May 3, 2012
Original Title:
O Cônsul de Bordéus
Alternate Titles:
Le Consul de Bordeaux
The Consul of Bordeaux
Genres:
Drama
Production Countries:
Portugal
Ratings / Certifications:
PT: M/6
Runtime: 90
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.
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Co-Producer:
Daniel Markowicz
Piotr Galon
Director:
João Correa
Francisco Manso
Director of Photography:
José António Loureiro
Editor:
Teresa Font
Gonçalo Soromenho
Music:
Henri Seroka
Orchestrator:
Krzysztof Herdzin
Producer:
José Mazeda
Screenplay:
João Nunes
António Torrado
João Correa
Sound Designer:
Vasco Pedroso
Sound Editor:
Pieter Deweirdt
François Fripiat
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Kacper Habisiak
Marcin Kasiński
Visual Effects:
Krzysztof Szulc
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