The Rescuers: Last Chance Project

The Rescuers - Last Chance Project
Directed byMichael W. King
Written byRobin Uriel Russin
Produced byJoyce D Mandell and Michael W. King
Narrated byIrena Steinfeldt
CinematographyTarina Van Den Driessche
Edited byGeorge Artope
Production
companies
Michael W. King Productions, LLC.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Rescuers – Last-Chance Project is an upcoming documentary directed by Michael W. King. It compiles first-hand accounts of non-Jewish diplomats named Righteous Among the Nations for their efforts saving Jewish victims of the Holocaust.[1] It is the sequel to The Rescuers (2011).

Development

Michael W. King was approached in 2021 by the USC Shoah Foundation for the survivor testimonies from ‘The Rescuers’ for their Visual History Archive. In building the testimonies for the Andrew J. and Joyce D. Mandell International Rescuers Collection,[2] King decided to expand his research efforts to identify additional survivors and relatives to document the stories of additional diplomats with Righteous Among the Nations status. With that developed “The Rescuer Last Chance Project,” a ‘race against time’ to identify the people who knew the remaining diplomats and Holocaust survivors who benefited from their assistance, to tell those stories.

Filming

Across a span of two years, filming commenced in July of 2022 in Israel. Over the course of three months filming of survivors, second generation, and family members of the Righteous was done across Israel, Sweden, The Netherlands, France, Spain, and Portugal. In March of 2023, time was split between filming in Ecuador, the country of Righteous Manuel Antonio Munoz Borrero, and Brazil, the country of Righteous Aracy De Carvalho. Both family members and survivors, and 2nd gen were interviewed during this time. During July of 2023, production time was spent in Vancouver filming reenactments, and 2nd generation and survivor interviews. From there, filming was done on the other side of Canada, in Toronto, filming survivors and 2nd generation. In the starting months of 2024, filming was done in Phoenix, Arizona, Boca Raton, Florida, and Brooklyn, New York of family members of the Righteous and also of 2nd generation and survivors rescued by these diplomats. Production concluded on November 22nd with the filming of reenactments in Budapest, Hungary and the filming of the stepdaughter of Righteous Diplomat, Carl Lutz.[3]

Diplomats

Name Position Representative country Location of operation
Aracy de Carvalho Chief of the Passport Office Brazil Hamburg
Carl and Gertrud Lutz Vice-Consul and Chief of Foreign Interests Switzerland Budapest
Chiune Sugihara Consul Japan Kaunas
Dr. Aristides De Sousa Mendes Consul-General Portugal Bordeaux
Dr. Manuel Antonio Muñoz Borrero Consul Ecuador Stockholm
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz Maritime Attaché Germany Copenhagen
Hiram Bingham IV Vice Consul in the visa section US Marseille
Jan Zwartendijk Acting Consul Netherlands Kaunas
Princess Alice of Battenberg Volunteer for the Red Cross UK Athens
Raoul Wallenberg Special Attaché Sweden Budapest
Selahattin Ülkümen Consul-General Turkey Italian Rhodes
Varian Fry Representative of the American Emergency Rescue Committee US Occupied France

Notes

  • WeHa News[4]
  • Hartford Courant[5]
  • NUNCA ESQUECER[6]
  • YNetNews[7]
  • algemeiner[8]
  • .filme cărți[9]
  • VARIETY[10]
  • THE Hollywood REPORTER[11]
  • IWITNESS[12]
  • THE JEWISH CHRONICLE[13]
  • Film Screening and Talkback with Director Michael King and Executive Producer Joyce Mandell[14]

References

  1. ^ Shiryn, Ghermezian. "New Project Spotlights World War II-Era Diplomats Who Saved Thousands of Jews During Holocaust". algemeiner. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Return On Impact". Mandell JCC.
  3. ^ "TA Local Ecuador News station". 24 HORAS NEWS.
  4. ^ Boscarino, Kelly (15 September 2022). "Remastered Version of 'The Rescuers' Film Screening Coming to Mandell JCC". WeHa News. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. ^ Hartford, Courant (2 August 2021). "Connecticut filmmakers search for remaining diplomats who saved lives during Holocaust for Joyce D. Mandell Rescuers Collection". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Press Release "The Rescuers - Last Chance Project"". NUNCA ESQUECER. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  7. ^ Yaniv, Pohoryles (4 August 2022). "New film sheds light on stories of diplomats who saved Jews from Nazis". YNetNews. YNetNews. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  8. ^ Shiryn, Ghermezian. "New Project Spotlights World War II-Era Diplomats Who Saved Thousands of Jews During Holocaust". algemeiner. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  9. ^ Marc, Delia. "The Rescuers". Filme Cărți. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  10. ^ Harvey, Dennis. "The Rescuers". VARIETY. Retrieved 19 Jan 2011.
  11. ^ THR, STAFF (7 May 2014). "THE Hollywood REPORTER". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  12. ^ "About the film". USC University of Southern California. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  13. ^ Tugend, Todd (22 April 2009). "Prince Charles stars in The Rescuers: Heroes of the Holocaust". THE JEWISH CHRONICLE. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  14. ^ "The Rescuers: Film Screening and Talkback with Director Michael King and Executive Producer Joyce Mandell". Judaic Studies. UCONN University of Connecticut. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
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