My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes (2014)

Directed by

Oren Jacoby

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells how ordinary Italians and a famous cyclist helped save thousands of Jewish people during World War II. It shares their brave and secret efforts to resist Nazi persecution.

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What happens

My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes is a 2014 documentary film, directed and written by Oren Jacoby, that tells the story of the rescue of thousands of Italian Jews during World War II by ordinary and prominent Italians, including the champion cyclist Gino Bartali. The film had its U.S. premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2014, and opened at theaters in Los Angeles and New York in March 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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