This first entry in a series of omnibus films made for Showtime (and produced by Barbra Streisand), showcasing true stories of men and women who offered resistance to Nazi oppression, runs the gamut from the stilted nobility of the first episode to the inappropriate coyness of the second.
The valor of these people deserved more expressive direction and less mundane writing.
In "Mamusha," gentile nanny Mamusha (Elizabeth Perkins) risks her life by unofficially adopting her Jewish charge Mickey Stolowitzky (played at different ages by Michael Cameron and Fraser McGregor). Initially, Mamusha's employer Lydia Stolowitzky (Nicky Gudagni) waits for her missing husband...
Released:
1997
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
107 mins