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    My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes

    Poster of the movie My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes
    2014     Documentary    
    Italy/France/Israel
    1h 32min
    Original lang: English, Italian

    MY ITALIAN SECRET tells a heroic story that was all but lost to history, until now. The film recounts how WWII bicycling idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying the Nazis to save thousands of Italy's Jews. Their high-risk methods were ingenious. Bartali, a Tour de Francechampion, criss-crossed Northern Italy transporting fake identification documents in the frame of his bicycle. A physician, Dr. Borromeo, invented a fictitious disease to scare the SS away from the hospital where he was hiding Jews. Others disguised Jewish girls and women as nuns and hid them in convents. In this epic documentary, living characters return to Italy to reveal their stories, and to thank those who were willing to sacrifice their own lives to save strangers without ever seeking recognition or reward for their courage.

    Directed byOren Jacoby
    Written byOren Jacoby

    Featuring

    Robert Loggia
    Isabella Rossellini

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