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Besa: The Promise(2012)
Status: Released
Date: 2012-07-19
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Time: 1h 26m
Overview:
A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help the son of an Albanian baker that housed a Jewish family for a year return some Hebrew books that the family had to leave behind.
Languages: Albanian, English, Hebrew.
Countries:
Albania,
Bulgaria,
Israel,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
JWM Productions
Movie: Besa: The Promise
Top 2 Billed Cast
Norman H. Gershman
himself
Rexhep Hoxha
himself
Video Trailer Besa: The Promise
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