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The Port of Last Resort (1998)
80 min | Documentary

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The Port of Last Resort (1998)

80 min | Documentary

The film presents the little-known story of the 20,000 European Jews who fled to Shanghai between late 1937 and 1941. After 1939, Shanghai was the last and only resort to find safe haven from the Nazis, though not that safe either, as the ...See moreThe film presents the little-known story of the 20,000 European Jews who fled to Shanghai between late 1937 and 1941. After 1939, Shanghai was the last and only resort to find safe haven from the Nazis, though not that safe either, as the film shows. This was due to Shanghai's status as a free port not requiring entry papers, and the relative tolerance of the Japanese occupiers, who, far from being saviors, resisted their Grand Ally's (Germany) demand to exterminate the Jews, and even prevented the actions of the Nazi "Butcher of Warsaw" who was assigned to liquidate the Shanghai Jews. After the Communist takeover of China, all traces of the Jews' existence, including a Jewish cemetery with 2,000 graves, were razed. The Jews passage through Shanghai is revealed, and preserved through four survivors (Fred Fields now of Miami, Ernest and Illo Heppner, and Siegmar Simon), and an incredible collage of rare film footage assembled by Joan Grossman and Paul Rosdy who wrote, edited, directed and produced the documentary. Written by Guy33134 of Miami See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Fred Fields Self Self See fewer	The Port of Last Resort (1998)
Ernest Heppner Self Self See fewer	The Port of Last Resort (1998)
Illo Heppner Self Self See fewer	The Port of Last Resort (1998)
Siegmar Simon Self Self See fewer	The Port of Last Resort (1998)
Barbara Sukowa Annie Witting (voice) Annie Witting (voice) See fewer	Hannah Arendt (2012)
Otto Tausig Adolf Stopfer (voice) Adolf Stopfer (voice) See fewer	Tatort (1970)
Erika Deutinger Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter (1975)
Fritz von Friedl Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	Hafenkrankenhaus (1968)
Brigitta Furgler Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	Kieselsteine (1983)
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	Downfall (2004)
Peter Kybart Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	Inside Man (2006)
Gen Seto Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	Status Quo (II) (2019)
Michael Scheidl Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	Ein idealer Kandidat (1997)
Matty O'Shea Reporter (voice) Reporter (voice) See fewer	Damned! (1998)
Keenan Shimizu Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	Donnie Brasco (1997)
Sabine Thomson Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	A Simple Wish (1997)
Maria Urban Voice over (voice) Voice over (voice) See fewer	The Journey (1959)