50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus (2013)
Two Ordinary Americans. Fifty Innocent Lives. One Unforgettable Journey.
62 min
In the spring of 1939, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus embarked on a risky and unlikely mission. Traveling into the heart of Nazi Germany, they rescued 50 Jewish children from Vienna and brought them to the United States.
- Release date
- August 4, 2013
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Marco D'Ambrosio
Trailer
Cast
- Alan Alda as Narrator
- Mamie Gummer as Eleanor Kraus
- Liz Perle as Self - Granddaughter
- Paul Shapiro as Self - Director, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Robert Braun as Self
- Henny Wenkart as Self
- Paul Beller as Self
- Helga Milberg as Self
- Jonathan Sarna as Self - Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
- Kurt Herman as Self
Crew
- Steven Pressman · Director
- Karen Everett · Writer
- Steven Pressman · Writer
- Steven Pressman · Producer
- Marco D'Ambrosio · Composer
- Andrew Black · Cinematographer
- David Sperling · Cinematographer
- Ken Schneider · Editor