Aristides de Sousa Mendes, O Cônsul de Bordéus

Movie
Original title	Aristides de Sousa Mendes, O Cônsul de Bordéus
Country of production	Portugal
original language	Portuguese
Publishing year	2011
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	João Correa Francisco Manso
script	João Nunes António Torrado
production	José Mazeda
music	Henri Seroka
occupation
Vítor Norte : Aristides Sousa Mendes Carlos Paulo : Chaim Kruger João Monteiro : Aaron Apelman Leonor Seixas : Alexandra Schmidt Manuel de Blas : Francisco de Almeida Laura Soveral : old Esther Sara Barros Leitão : Esther Joaquim Nicolau : José Seabra Susana Sá : Sarah Kruger Patrícia Ferreira : Clotilde Sousa Mendes Pedro Cunha : Amorim São José Correia : Andreé Cibal Miguel Borines : Spanish officer João Cabral : Faria Machado António Capelo : Teotónio Pereira

Aristides de Sousa Mendes, O Consul de Bordeus is a feature of Portuguese directors João Correa and Francisco Manso from the year 2011 . He filmed the life of the Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes . The film premiered on September 12, 2011 under the title O Cônsul de Bordéus as the opening film of the VII Week of Portuguese Film in Israel in the Cinemateca of Tel Aviv and was released on November 8, 2012 in Portugal.

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The film tells the life story of the Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who as consul general in Bordeaux saved the lives of around 30,000 people during the Second World War. Woven into the real story is the fictional story of a refugee who becomes a famous conductor.

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The film was shot in Viana do Castelo and Bordeaux . The production costs were three million euros.

Web links

• Aristides de Sousa Mendes, O Cônsul de Bordéus in the Internet Movie Database (English)