Based on the true life story of a Catholic teenager, Stefania Podgorska (Fusia for short) who lives in Przemysl, Poland during the second world war and hides 13 Jews in her attic, with Nazi soldiers living in her house at one point.
I remember back in 1996, when Lifetime was airing an original movie every month, back in their glory days of original TV movies. It was around March, I was watching Sisters (Lifetime was airing the repeats then) and was intrigued by the commercials for the movie. I'm a sucker for movies about the second world war. I also loved Kellie Martin. I still love her, ever since Life Goes On. A few days later I was watching a morning talk show, I don't know why I was, but Kellie Martin was a guest and she was talking about her new movie. So, had to watch now.
It's a great story, it's a true story. Fusia was a brave woman who maintained she didn't do anything special. It's a TV movie, so it doesn't have the budget a major film would but still it hits home and it looks good. The feel of despair, the atmosphere, the cloths, the anxiety, was all there. Watch it, Fusia was and is a true hero for being what everyone should be, decent human beings.
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