O Cônsul de Bordéus (2012)
1h 30m
Running Time
May 3, 2012Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Ana Cristina Oliveira
Clara Almeida
Lina
Singer in Theatre
Joaquim Nicolau
José Seabra
Pierce Nathan-Calvin Baechler
Jakob
Guido Baechler
Hans
Jorge Castro Guedes
Calheiros Menezes
João Nunes Monteiro
Aaron Apelman
João Paulo Costa
Homem no Terraço 1
João Melo
Homem Apressado
Margarida Carvalho
Falsa Esther
Luís Oliveira
Lopo Simão
Santiago Lagoá
Pedro Nuno
Maria José Miranda
Mulher à Janela
João Correa
Director / Screenplay
Francisco Manso
Director
João Nunes
Screenplay
António Torrado
Screenplay
José Mazeda
Producer
Krzysztof Herdzin
Orchestrator
Daniel Markowicz
Co-Producer
Piotr Galon
Co-Producer
Henri Seroka
Music
José António Loureiro
Director of Photography
Teresa Font
Editor
Gonçalo Soromenho
Editor
Pieter Deweirdt
Sound Editor
François Fripiat
Sound Editor
Kacper Habisiak
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Details.
Release DateMay 3, 2012
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Filming LocationsPortugal
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
The Consul of Bordeaux (Portuguese: O Cônsul de Bordéus) is a 2012 Portuguese biographical historical drama film directed by Francisco Manso and João Correa and starring Vítor Norte as Aristides de Sousa Mendes. It was released on 8 November 2012. The film was shot in Viana do Castelo and Bordeaux.
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