A Day in October
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Actor: D.B. Sweeney, Daniel Benzali, Kelly Wolf, Ole Lemmeke, Tovah FeldshuhBrand: Tango
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-27
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Tango Entertainment
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Movie Review: The heroic rescue of Danish Jews during WW II
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie tells the story of Danish resistance against the Nazis during WW II and centers around a Jewish family who find themselves having to harbor a Danish resistance member who is severely wounded during an attack on the Nazis. D.B. Sweeney plays Niels Jensen, a member of the Danish resistance who is given refuge by Sara Kublitz [Kelly Wolf] and her parents, Emma and Solomon [Tovah Feldshuh and Daniel Benzali]. Initially Sara's father, Solomon is upset and angry that they are forced to harbor Niels as he feels that the Nazis have left the Jews alone for the most part and they should not be antagonised. But he eventually realises that the Jews are in mortal danger and aids Niels and the Resistance in sabotaging one of the factories producing rocket parts for the Nazis. By this time, a romance develops between Niels and Sara and they are determined to stay together despite the odds.
When the Jews are told by an informant that the Nazis are going to arrest all Jews and deport them [almost certainly to the death camps in Europe], the Danish Resistance helps the Jews of Denmark escape the Nazis in one of the most heroic rescue efforts of WW II.
All in all, about 7,200 Danish Jews were safely transported to Sweden, a neutral country. Only about 400 Danish Jews were caught in the Nazi death net. The heroism of the Danish Resistance is something we can all learn from, and it's not just the members of the resistance - ordinary Danish civilians aided their Jewish friends and neighbors because they felt it was the right thing to do - the Jews were considered by the Danes to be Danish citizens just like them, and thus were entitled to the same freedoms and rights they were. I read in a book that the Danes not only helped the Danish Jews escape but also maintained properties belonging to the Jews to be reclaimed by them after the war - such a contrast to what happened elsewhere in Europe.
I'd recommend this movie for all those who are interested in WW II/Holocaust dramas. Another movie I'd recommend that also focuses on the rescue of the Danish Jews is Miracle at Midnight, starring Sam Waterston.
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