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"The Only Way" In the tradition of The Holocaust, The Hiding Place and Playing for Time, this is the true and magnificent saga of Denmark's valorous actions to save Danish Jews from Nazi extermination at peril of death. With Jane Seymour and Martin Potter. 86 minutes.
Guest Comments From: "Wife-of-a-very-proud-Dane" "Filmed in Denmark using mainly Danish actors but in spoken English - not dubbed. This is the story of a nice ordinary Copenhagen man in German-occupied Denmark (beautifully played by Ove Sprogoe) who goes to extraordinary lengths to help his Jewish friend and family into hiding and away from German capture and deportation to a concentration camp. First he hears rumours of a round-up of Jews and has to convince his friend to take the rumours seriously. Then he has to ask around to find an escape route for them - a hard task in itself as those who may be able to help are suspicious that he may be a German informer! When he finally finds 'a way' he accompanies them under the noses of Germans sent to arrest them. He sees them (as part of a group of Jewish people) into a small boat which will take them across the sea into neutral Sweden and safety, at the last undertaking to look after their belongings until their return. Based on the true, little known story of how lots of Danish people spontaneously helped the majority of their Jewish countrymen escape the Nazis. The film is balanced, sober yet uplifting in it's decency. An example of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You must see it."
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