{"id":112309,"date":"2024-04-17T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=112309"},"modified":"2024-04-17T09:36:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T07:36:14","slug":"22-05-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=112309","title":{"rendered":"Movie \u2018Irene\u2019s Vow,\u2019 About Maid Hiding Jews in Nazi Officer\u2019s Basement During Holocaust, Opens in US"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Movie \u2018Irene\u2019s Vow,\u2019 About Maid Hiding Jews in Nazi Officer\u2019s Basement During Holocaust, Opens in US<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sophie N\u00e9lisse as Irene Gut Opdyke in a scene from \u201cIrene\u2019s Vow.\u201d Photo: Fathom Events<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A film about the true story of a Polish Catholic woman who risked her life to hide 12 Jews from the Nazis during World War II opened in theaters across the US on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Irene\u2019s Vow<\/em>\u00a0follows the heroic efforts of Irena Gut Opdyke, who worked as a\u00a0housekeeper in the home of a highly regarded Nazi officer and\u00a0<\/span>hid the Jews in the basement of the house for two years during the Holocaust. She protected them amid a number of countless Nazi parties at the home, even after being blackmailed and also as one of the Jews in hiding gave birth to a child.<\/span><\/p>\n

Opdyke was 19 at the start of World War II and was a nursing student before it began. She died in 2003 and was named by Yad Vashem, Israel\u2019s national memorial to the Holocaust, as Righteous Among the Nations, which is an honor given to non-Jews who risked their lives by saving Jews during the Holocaust. She was also presented with Israel\u2019s Medal of Honor, the country\u2019s highest recognition, and her heroism during the Holocaust is part of a permanent exhibit in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. She is played in\u00a0Irene\u2019s Vow<\/em>\u00a0by Canadian actress Sophie N\u00e9lisse.<\/span><\/p>\n

The film\u00a0will be screened<\/a>\u00a0in theaters throughout the United States on Monday and Tuesday, with a weeklong run in New York and Los Angeles. Each screening will be accompanied by exclusive video footage featuring Jeannie Smith, Opdyke\u2019s real-life daughter; Roman Haller, the baby that was conceived and born in captivity; Dan Gordon, the film\u2019s screenwriter; N\u00e9lisse and director Louise Archambault. Gordon also wrote the 2009 Broadway play of the same name that starred four-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI knew Irene for 10 years at the end of her life and would listen to her tell her story to various groups,\u201d Gordon said. \u201cShe was like a grandmother to me. I was determined to get this film made. The story is so improbable, yet it is true. She hid Jews for many months right under a Nazi officer\u2019s nose in his own house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the trailer for\u00a0Irene\u2019s Vow\u00a0<\/em>below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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