'japanese Schindler' Who Saved 6,000 Lives During World War Ii Finally Gets A Movie

[Flashermac]

Steven Spielberg's 1993 film "Schindler's List" told the story of German businessman Oskar Schindler, whose determination to stand up for what was right saved approximately 1,100 Jews from the Nazis.

 

Twenty-three years later, another hero who saved lives during the Holocaust is being commemorated with a feature-length film.

 

Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who was stationed at a consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania during the early days of World War II. Between July 31 and August 28, 1940, Sugihara and his wife spent long nights writing and issuing more than 2,000 visas for Jewish refugees desperate to flee the Nazis and build new lives in Japan -- even though his actions defied the Japanese government's orders.

 

"Persona Non Grata,†a biopic based on Sugihara's courageous actions, is scheduled to premiere in the United States on January 31 during the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.

 

Directed by Japanese-American director Cellin Gluck (best known for his work on “Remember the Titans,†“Transformers,†and “Contactâ€), the movie was filmed in Poland and stars Japanese actor Toshiaki Karasawa as Sugihara.

 

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/japanese-schindler-chiune-sugihara_us_569e952ce4b04c813761b8a9

[Coss]

Cool...

[unit731]

• German-Nigerian author Jennifer Teege is granddaughter of Amon Goeth
  
• Nazi killer's daughter Monika had an affair with an African student
  
• The 'Butcher of Plaszow' was notorious for his cruelty and was portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in Holocaust epic Schindler's List
  
• Ms Teege, 43, has written a memoir exploring the dark past of her family
  

[Flashermac]

"the dark past ..."

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3011186/Bi-racial-granddaughter-Nazi-portrayed-Schindler-s-List-pens-book-finding-ancestry-given-adoption-therapy-took-realize-Nazi-isn-t-gene.html

[Coss]

On a slight tangent, what criteria have to be met to call a book an "International Best Seller"?

 

I note that her book cover, pictured in the article at the link, has this appellation and is also noted as being "Due out next month"

 

I am curious as to how the publishers know it's an International Bestseller, before it's available for sale.

 

Or is this another case of "Marketing", which I also know as "Lies".

[Flashermac]

Advance sales?