Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

The shadow of the day

A feature film. Italy, 1938. Luciano is a WWI veteran that left him with a limp and a degree of appreciation and even sympathy for the fascist regime. Anna, a refugee and a new waitress at his restaurant, will force Luciano to face the consequences of the new segregation laws.

results.listIds.director : Piccioni, Giuseppe

results.listIds.year : 2022

results.listIds.duration : 125

results.listIds.lang : Italian

הכוכב של אנדרה וטאטי

An animation short movie. The story of two sisters, Andra e Tatiana Bucci, who at the age of 4 and 6 respectively, were taken to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Second World War.

results.listIds.director : Allesandro Belli, Rozalba Vittelaro

results.listIds.year : 2018

results.listIds.duration : 29

results.listIds.lang : Italian

My Italian Secret - The Forgotten Heroes

Would you risk your life to save a stranger? And never talk about it? My Italian Secret tells the story of Italian sports idol Gino Bartali and other Italians who saved Jews and refugees fleeing the Nazis in WWII. Bartali, the Tour de France champion, risked his life hundreds of times, transporting documents for a secret underground organization. This is one of many stories of thousands of Italians who risked their lives to save others from capture and death. As an entire continent was engulfed in a genocide which took the lives of most Jews in Nazi occupied Europe (nearly 6 million people), more than 80 percent...

results.listIds.director : Oren Jacoby

results.listIds.year : 2014

results.listIds.duration : 92

results.listIds.lang : English, Italian