Hidden in Silence

This movie just screened on Channel Seven - Australian TV - today.

In my opinion, it was a very interesting take on how the Nazi's treated the Russian Jews as mercilessly as everywhere else.

Kellie Martin did a really great job, and her tears and frustration as "Frusia" were quite convincing.

The Holocaust is a part of our history that WE MUST NOT FORGET. Schindlers List wasn't the first - and it wont be the last - account of survival and courage in that five year nightmare. My family is Dutch, and I will always applaud any movie makers who want to keep the candlelight alive by telling of someone's courage to stand up and help those who were being abused, violated and murdered for being "A Jew."

On June 22nd, 1941, the city of Przemysl, Poland is divided between German and Russian. When the German invades the city, the Nazis send the Jews to a ghetto. The young Catholic Fusia Podgorska (Kellie Martin), alone with her young sister, lodges and hides many Jews in the attic of her house along two and half years until the end of the war. "Hidden in Silence" is another good story of human sympathy in World War II. This film looks like "Rescuers: Stories of Courage", and is also based on a true story. Unfortunately, the actress Kellie Martin performs a strong and powerful lead character, but she is very weak for such a role. In many dramatic situations, the expression of her face is not convincing. I have noted that many IMDb Users liked her performance, but I am not sure whether they like her wonderful character or her performance indeed. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Ocultos no Medo" ("Hidden in Fear")

This is based on a true story and unlike many WWII, Holocaust themed dramas, you can show this one to your kids. Very inspiring.

Kellie Martin does an outstanding job in this movie... She is quite the underrated actress. This movie was well written and portrays the atrocities that people can do to one another. It also exposes the kindness that I like to think we all have as well.

This movie deserves much better reviews. I've watched many holocaust movies and read many books about survivors of the holocaust. This is an excellent movie. I have watched it twice in one week. This movie, more than most I've seen, portrays the power of God. It is a real story about real people who survived to live successful lives. It is a story of God's love for all His people, Jew and Gentile. It is a story of their love for Him and for one another.

Perhaps, having spent a month in Poland just west of the town where this happened...perhaps because I married a Polish man once....perhaps because I celebrated a Messianic Passover Seder when I was in Poland.... perhaps because my heart cried out for the hearts of the Polish people, most of whom did not do what Fusia and Helena did, when I was there...perhaps because my heart cries for the thousands upon thousands of Jews who were murdered by the Nazis...perhaps because I rode the train through the beautiful Polish country side from Katowice to Kracow and visited the ghetto area and the small museum in Kracow...perhaps because I rode the train into the mountains to the south... perhaps because the Polish people are beautiful and precious in God's sight. I don't know why, but this movie has really touched my heart.

The Podgorski sisters have my undying love and appreciation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podgórski_sisters