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.

Top Cast

Vítor Norte

Aristides Sousa Mendes

Miguel Borines

João Cabral

Faria Machado

António Capelo

Teotónio Pereira

São José Correia

Andreé Cibal

Pedro Cunha

Amorim

Manuel de Blas

Carlos Paulo

Chaim Kruger

Leonor Seixas

Laura Soveral

Sara Barros Leitão

Esther

Susana Sá

Sarah Kruger