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Overview

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Director:
Lionel Chetwynd
Writer (WGA):
Lionel Chetwynd (written by)
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Release Date:
22 April 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
He changed the world forever. One person at a time. The true story of the American Schindler.
Plot:
Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Saving civilization's soul more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

William Hurt ... Varian Fry

Julia Ormond ... Miriam Davenport

Matt Craven ... Beamish
Maury Chaykin ... Marcello

Alan Arkin ... Freier

Lynn Redgrave ... Alma Werfel-Mahler

Rémy Girard ... Colonel Joubert (as Remy Girard)
Christopher Heyerdahl ... Marius Franken
Gloria Carlin ... Bella Chagall
Joel Miller ... Marc Chagall

Vlasta Vrana ... Franz Werfel
John Dunn-Hill ... Heinrich Mann

Ted Whittall ... Harry Bingham
Dorothée Berryman ... Mme Fanny
Howard Ryshpan ... Konditorei Owner
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Varian Fry, un héros oublié (Canada: French title)
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Runtime:
Canada:121 min | Israel:115 min | Argentina:121 min
Country:
UK | USA | Canada
Language:
English | French | German
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Near the beginning of the movie, Varian is holding the "Foreign Affairs" book differently depending on the camera angle. more

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Saving civilization's soul, 23 April 2001
Author: Matthew Ignoffo (mermatt@webtv.net) from Eatontown, NJ, USA

In the midst of the Nazi madness when goons hunted down artists, thinkers, and other "misfits" or "queer ducks," Varian Fry was a man who decided to prevent the intellectual and artistic soul of civilization from going into a new dark age. He rescued people who would have otherwise been sacrificed to neutrality as well as to madness.

This is an excellent TV-film that is a memorial to the people who fought against fascism before the armies ever mobilized. The mind is mightier than the explosive and the bullet.

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