Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano
| Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano | |
|---|---|
| Based on | La banalità del bene by Enrico Deaglio |
| Written by | Enrico Deaglio, Sandro Petraglia |
| Screenplay by | Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli |
| Directed by | Alberto Negrin |
| Starring | Luca Zingaretti |
| Theme music composer | Ennio Morricone |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original language | Italian |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Stefano Ricciotti |
| Editor | Antonio Siciliano |
| Running time | 200 minutes |
| Production companies | Rai Fiction, Focusfilm Kft. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rai 1 |
| Release | 28 January 2002 |
Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano (English: Perlasca, an Italian Hero also known as Perlasca, The Courage of a Just Man) is a 2002 Italian drama, directed by Alberto Negrin, about Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian businessman working in Hungary for his government. After the surrender of Italy to the Allies, he took refuge in the Spanish embassy. Aware of the threat to Jews, he first began to help them find shelter in Spanish safe houses.
After the Spanish ambassador moved to Switzerland, Perlasca posed as the Spanish consul, tricking Nazi officials and saving the lives of more than 5,000 Jews in Hungary in 1944 during the Holocaust. The film was made by Rai Uno and aired as a two-part TV film.