Anna and the Egyptian Doctor
MovieTitle | Anna Veharofe Hamizri |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Apr 19, 2023 |
Genre | Documentary, Animation |
Director | Taliya Finkel |
Production country | Germany, Israel |
Run time | 76 min. |
The remarkable story of Dr. Mohamed Helmy, the Muslim Egyptian doctor who became the only Arab recognized by Israel as a ‘Righteous Among the Nations.’ A proud humanist who freely criticized the Nazi regime, Helmy risked his life to save Anna Boros, a Jewish girl he knew, by dressing her in a hijab and pretending she was his niece. Shot on location in Berlin, the film incorporates rare photographs and archival footage of Berlin in the 1930s and ‘40s.