Plot: The true story of Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian cattle dealer and avowed fascist who — trapped in Nazi-occupied Budapest after Italy's armistice with the Allies — nevertheless saved more than 5,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust through a combination of lies, bribery and derring-do.

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man
First Episode Aired On:
Monday, January 28 2002
23 years ago
Monday, January 28 2002
23 years ago
Last Episode Aired On:
Monday, February 4 2002
23 years ago
Monday, February 4 2002
23 years ago
Number of seasons: 1 (2 episodes)