This
film is based on a true story and the setting is Poland in 1939 just before the
German invasion. Fusia is a
17-year-old Catholic living with a Jewish family. The family transfers their home and belongings to Fusia when
they are sent to the ghetto.
Fusia takes care of them and sells valuables to get them food until they
are sent away to a concentration camp. Fusia
moves to a larger place with an attic and she begins hiding Jews in the
attic. This is a difficult secret
to keep and it is not easy to provide food for 13 extra people for 2 years. A German officer comes to tell Fusia
her place is too big for her and her 7 year old sister, Helena. They need to leave in one hour and the
Germans are confiscating the house. The officer changes his mind and instead
two German nurses begin living there with Fusia and Helena.
There
is danger every minute, people are being rounded up and some are shot on the
street. The ghetto is a terrible
place with little food for the large number of people living there. Fusia wants to join the family when
they are taken from their home but German soldiers hold her back. She travels to her family home in search of her mother but
learns from her sister that their mother was sent away to work for the Germans. This is interesting and even more so
because it is a true story. 3 ½* (I
liked this movie)
90
min, TV drama directed by Richard A. Colla with Kellie Martin, Tom Radcliffe,
Marc Warren, Gemma Coughlan, Marta Hrachovinova, Luke de Lacey, David Nyki,
Anna Geislerova, Jan Nemejovsky, Jakub Wehrenberg.
Note: Imdb 7.6 out of 10, 94% audience on
Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 326 reviews.
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