Haven
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True story of Ruth Gruber, a young, Jewish U.S. government official who, in 1944, helped escort almost 1,000 Holocaust survivors from war-torn Europe to a temporary haven in America. Follows Gruber's endeavor to gain acceptance for the frightened refugees from their journey to America aboard a liberty ship full of wounded U.S. troops to their interim placement in the small city of Oswego, New York. Gradually, prejudice fades among the soldiers and the townspeople as they get to know the refugees and eventually begin to build friendships. Gruber attempts to use this achievement as a tool to persuade the government to admit more refugees and grant them citizenship, only to discover some staggering secrets about government bigotry and the politics of war.Characters include Secretary of the Interior Harold, L. Ickes; Jackson Connolly, from the Treasury Department; Bruno, a former vaudeville star from Berlin who was forced to perform for the Nazis when he was at Dachau; Ernst, whose dark war-time experiences have left him with a deep mistrust of others; Eva, whose means of saving her husband's life at the hands of the Nazis has strained their marriage; and Myles Billingsley Sr., the refugees' influential neighbor in their new home of America, who opens his heart to them.
Cast
Hume Baugh
Jeff Clarke
Robert Joy
Yank Azman
Nancy Mcalear
Bruce Greenwood
John Watson
Les Carlson
Kenneth Welsh
Natasha Richardson
Donna Goodhand
Bruce Clayton
Brenda Bazinet
William Petersen
Marnie Mcphail
Henry Czerny
Joanna Schellenberg
Brooke Nevin
Christine Brubaker
Jonathan Watton
Philip Craig
Kathryn Winslow
Zoe Heath
Ken Kramer
Sebastian Roché
Mark-anthony Krupa
Eve Crawford
Gordon Currie
Wayne Best
Luke Kirby
Alyson Court
Dave Nicholls
Jonathan Whittaker
Daniel Kash
Janet-laine Green
Hal Holbrook
Martin Doyle
Trent Mcmullen
Sharon Bernbaum
Craig Eldridge
Tamara Gorski
Vince Corazza
John White
Conrad Dunn
Anne Bancroft
Martin Landau
Colm Feore
Ned Vukovic
Sheila Mccarthy
Timm Zemanek
Crew
David Alexander
Heather Anderson
Bev Ball
David Barkley
Jill Bedford
Elma Bello
Mike Borrett
Deirdre Bowen
Darren Boyce
Paulette Breen
Rick Cadger
Phil Calambakas
Stephan Carrier
Katarina Chovanec
Alison Clark
Bernie Clayton
Ira Cohen
Karen Colaco
Megan Conacher
Scott Cook
Shelley Cook
Cristin Cornett
Suzette Couture
Donna Croce
Pamela Delaney
Mike Dobroski
Guy Dufaux
Janeen Elliott
Kenn Elliott
Shem Ellis
Donna Feore
C J Fidler
David Flaherty
Mark Fordham
Tina Gerussi
Rick Gilbert
Barry Gilmore
Mike Gow
Ruth Gruber
Michael Harris
Olivia Harris
Will Hearn
Jeff Helgason
Perry Hoffman
Noel Hooper
Phyllis Huffman
Christopher Hunter
Janice Ierulli
Karl Irvine
Barry Isenor
Shauna Jamison
Blair Johannes
Brock Jolliffe
Patricia Keighran
Jim Lambie
Van Lapointe
Mark Levine
Asim Matin
Andrew Mckendy
Dwayne Mclean
Erica Milo
Tim Monich
Regan Moore
Friday Myers
Nick Nolan
Billy Oliver
Richard Parker
Sue Parker
Daniel L. Paulson
Deborah Ann Piper
April Poppe
Amanda Powell
Donna Powell
Ron Proulx
Ed Queffelec
Urmas Rosin
Jordan Samuel
Kristine Scott
Paul Sebastianelli
Lawrence Shragge
Woody Sidarous
Taavo Soodor
Ann Steel
Ava Stone
John Stoneham
Sean Stranks
Orest Sushko
Peter Sussman
Bryan Thomas
Tom Turnbull
Clive Turner
Noel Verhoog
Scott Vickrey
Len Wagner
Dave Watt
Mark Winemaker
Matthew Wolchock
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Aired in United States February 11, 2001
Aired in United States February 14, 2001
Completed shooting August 14, 2000.
Began shooting June 3, 2000.
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