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The Angel of Budapest
The Angel of Budapest

The Angel of Budapest

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El ángel de Budapest (Angel of Budapest) is a Spanish 2011 television World War II-Holocaust miniseries based on the book "Un español frente al Holocausto" (A Spanish against the Holocaust) written by journalist and radio executive director Diego Carcedo. The plot focuses on Ángel Sanz Briz, a Spanish ambassador in Hungary during World War II who helped to save the lives of thousands of jews from the Holocaust by lodging them in Spanish safe houses in Budapest.

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Budget

$2000000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

109 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

22 December 2011

Country

Spain

Cast

Francis Lorenzo

Francis Lorenzo

Ángel

Ana Fernández

Ana Fernández

Sra. Tourné

János Bán

János Bán

Farkas

Anna Allen

Anna Allen

Adela

Aldo Sebastianelli

Aldo Sebastianelli

Giorgio Perlasca

Manuel de Blas

Manuel de Blas

Miguel Ángel Muguiro

Tamás Szabó Kimmel

Tamás Szabó Kimmel

Antal

Asier Etxeandia

Asier Etxeandia

Barrueta

Kata Gáspár

Kata Gáspár

Sophie

Tamás Lengyel

Tamás Lengyel

Lajos

László Áron

László Áron

Rotta

Sára Herrer

Sára Herrer

Eva Lang

Lajos Csuha

Lajos Csuha

Dr. Elek

Tamás Balikó

Tamás Balikó

Subsecretario

Anna Allen

Anna Allen

Adela Quíjano

Áron Öze

Áron Öze

Adolf Eichman

Iván Fenyő

Iván Fenyő

Raoul Wallenberg

László Agárdi

László Agárdi

Miklós Horthy

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