Dr. Mohamed Helmy, a Muslim Egyptian doctor, is the only Arab ever to be recognized by Israel as a “Righteous Among the Nations.” Helmy arrived in Berlin in 1920, studied medicine and in the years before WWII built a successful medical practice. During that time, he met a Jewish girl named Anna Boros, whom he protected by disguising her as a Muslim woman. This astounding documentary uncovers the many extraordinary maneuvers and deceptions he took to save her life, at great risk to his own.
Mohammed and Anna will be shown as part of Different Perspectives: 3 views of The Holocaust
FILM DETAILS: Documentary/Dir.Taliya Finkel/Germany & Israel / 2017/Hebrew,German,Eng ST/58 minutes
Festivals: Best Documentary, Berlin Intl FF, Official Academy Award entry Austria; Docaviv FF, Stockholm FF; San Francisco JFF, Boston JFF, UK JFF
