Anna and the Egyptian Doctor

The remarkable story of Dr Mohamed Helmy the Muslim Egyptian doctor who became the only Arab recognized by Israel as a Righteous Among the Nations A proud humanist who freely criticized the Nazi regime Helmy risked his life to save Anna Boros a Jewish girl he knew by dressing her in a hijab and pretending she was his niece Shot on location in Berlin the film incorporates rare photographs and archival footage of Berlin in the 1930s and 40s