This Ordinary Thing

Haunting and unforgettable, THIS ORDINARY THING tells the story of non-Jews who helped save Jewish people during The Holocaust. The film consists of a combination of never before seen archival with voice performances from interview transcripts with over forty different people who, working independently all across Europe and at great risk to themselves and their families, saved thousands of Jewish strangers from almost certain death. The film is a timely reminder of the pockets of goodness that can rise in a sea of evil: everyday people helping others who were "different" from them. 

 Notably, none of the people featured in the film thought of themselves as heroes. And yet the film, with immense contemporary resonance, causes each of us to ask ourselves “What would I have done?”

The cast, including Dame Helen Mirren, F. Murray Abraham, Carrie Coon, Jeremy Irons, Ellen Burstyn, and Stephen Fry, among others has amassed five Oscars (over twenty nominations), over sixty Emmy nominations, and over twenty-five Tony nominations in their illustrious careers. 

The Executive Producer is Albert M. Tapper (Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy).  The music for the film is by Tony-Award winning composer Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza, Floyd Collins), and the film is edited by Josh Freed (Once Upon a Time in Queens).  Color portraits are by Gay Block.