O Cônsul de Bordéus
O Cônsul de Bordéus
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
Vítor Norte
as Aristides Sousa Mendes
Miguel Borines
João Cabral
as Faria Machado
António Capelo
as Teotónio Pereira
São José Correia
as Andreé Cibal
Pedro Cunha
as Amorim
Manuel de Blas
Carlos Paulo
as Chaim Kruger
Leonor Seixas
Laura Soveral
Sara Barros Leitão
as Esther
Susana Sá
as Sarah Kruger
Ana Cristina Oliveira
as Clara Almeida
Lina
as Singer in Theatre
Joaquim Nicolau
as José Seabra
Pierce Nathan-Calvin Baechler
as Jakob
Guido Baechler
as Hans
João Nunes Monteiro
as Aaron Apelman
João Paulo Costa
as Homem no Terraço 1
João Melo
as Homem Apressado
Margarida Carvalho
as Falsa Esther
Luís Oliveira
as Lopo Simão
Santiago Lagoá
as Pedro Nuno
Maria José Miranda
as Mulher à Janela
