Abstract
ABSTRACT This article contrasts the Spanish The Angel of Budapest and the Italian Perlasca to demonstrate the process of constructing a national Holocaust hero. The two biopics have identical plots, albeit with different leading heroes: the Spanish Angel Sanz Briz and the Italian Giorgio Perlasca are pitted against each other. By emphasizing the rescuers actions, these films seek to mask the complicity of Franco’s Spain and Mussolini’s Italy in the Holocaust. While both films romanticize central characters, the Italian movie represents failed rescue and violence, whereas the Spanish film transforms the tragedy of Hungarian Jewry into a feel-good movie, centering on Christian values.
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