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Besa: The Promise

Besa: The Promise

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📜 Overview: A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help the son of an Albanian baker that housed a Jewish family for a year return some Hebrew books that the family had to leave behind.
🌏 Languages Available: Albanian , English , Hebrew
📆 Date Released: 2012-07-19
⌚ Running Time: 86 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 10.0

Beloved Cast

Norman H. Gershman original image
himself
Norman H. Gershman
Rexhep Hoxha original image
himself
Rexhep Hoxha

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