O Cônsul de Bordéus

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 3, 2012

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Countries

Portugal

Cast

Miguel Borines,Santiago Lagoá,Jorge Castro Guedes,João Melo,António Capelo,Maria José Miranda,Lina,Ana Cristina Oliveira,Pierce Nathan-Calvin Baechler,Margarida Carvalhoand 15 more

Director

João Correa,Francisco Manso

Writer

João Correa,João Nunes,António Torrado

Producer

José Mazeda

Cinematography

José António Loureiro

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2075263