Passport to Freedom (2021)

Name: Passport to Freedom
Rating: 7.0

Rating: 7.0

Synopsis

Aracy de Carvalho is a young clerk at the Brazilian Consulate. For two years, she has been secretly issuing passports to Jews without the dreaded "J" stamp, which not only won't allow them to travel, but will doom them to the horrors of concentration camps. When newly appointed diplomat, João Guimarães Rosa, arrives in Hamburg, the two fall madly in love. Aracy would later be honored by the Yad Vashem with the Righteous Among the Nations Award. João would be known as the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century.

First Air Date: 2021-12-20

Last Air Date: 2021-12-30

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Created By: Mário Teixeira

Networks: TV Globo

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Top Cast

Sophie Charlotte as Aracy de Carvalho
Rodrigo Lombardi as João Guimarães Rosa
Tarcísio Filho as Consul Souza Ribeiro
Stefan Weinert as Milton Hardner
Aryè Campos as Tina Fallada
Tomas Spencer as Karl Schaffer
Peter Ketnath as Thomas Zumkle
Gabriela Petry as Vivi Kruger
João Côrtes as Wilfried Shwartz
Bruce Gomlevsky as Hugo Levy

Seasons

Miniseries (2021)

An eight-part miniseries telling the story of Aracy de Carvalho, a Brazilian consulate employee in Hamburg, Germany, who saved Jews from the Nazis during World War II.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2021-12-20)

João Guimarães Rosa is sent to Hamburg and is introduced to Aracy at the consulate. The repression of Jews increases. Vivi is bothered by young Nazis, but Zumkle makes them stop.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2021-12-21)

The murder of a German diplomat by a Jew leads to Crystal Night. Helena tries to convince Vivi to spy on SS officers. Rudi is arrested. João discovers Aracy's scheme.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2021-12-22)

Zumkle promises Vivi that he will free his father. The captain follows Aracy and discovers that she is helping Hugo and Margarethe. João and Aracy are observed by Zumkle.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2021-12-23)

Zumkle takes advantage of the expropriation of non-Aryan businesses. Vivi decides to help Helena by getting information for the resistance. Zumkle makes a false complaint against João.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2021-12-27)

Gestapo investigates Hardner and João. Vivi seduces Schaffer to get information. Zumkle tries to force Aracy a kiss; she hits him. Schaffer discovers that Vivi is Jewish.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2021-12-28)

Rudi and Helena participate in a frustrated attack on Goebbels at the Embassy of Portugal, where Aracy and João were. A bomb hits the Brazilian consulate.
Ep. 7: Episode 7 (2021-12-29)

Hamburg is under constant air attack. João helps Mina's son, who returned from the traumatized war front. Aracy asks Zumkle for help, who wants something in return.
Ep. 8: Episode 8 (2021-12-30)

Hardner, Aracy and João plan Rudi's escape. Zumkle is determined to end the plan and follows João. Aracy and João are arrested and return to Brazil after forced exile.