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.
as Aristides Sousa Mendes
as Faria Machado
as Teotónio Pereira
as Andreé Cibal
as Amorim
as Chaim Kruger
as Esther
as Sarah Kruger
as Clara Almeida
as Singer in Theatre
as José Seabra
as Jakob
as Hans
as Calheiros Menezes
as Aaron Apelman
as Homem no Terraço 1
as Homem Apressado
as Falsa Esther
as Lopo Simão
as Pedro Nuno
as Mulher à Janela
