Varian Fry: The Artists' Schindler (1997)

Sean Barrett

Amidst the horrors of the Third Reich, some men and women found astonishing and courageous ways to fight back -- this is one of those stories. Varian Fry was a young editor from New York when, in 1940... read more , he traveled to Marseilles as part of an American relief effort. Once there, Fry risked his life to set up an intricate rescue network that -- through illegal means and in defiance of French and some American authorities -- shuttled refugees out of occupied France toward Portugal, North Africa, and the United States. Among the thousands of lives he saved were some of Europe's leading artists and intellectuals: Max Ernst, Marc Chagall, Andre Breton, Alma Mahler, Andre Masson, and Marcel Duchamp. In Varian Fry: The Artists' Schindler, this incredible and inspiring story is reconstructed using Fry's own memoirs, archival footage, and personal interviews. ~ Sarah Welsh, Rovi