The Nansen Passport (2016)

8.0/10 • 56 min • Documentary History

Overview

On July 5th, 1922, Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen creates a passport with which, between 1922 and 1945, he managed to protect the fundamental human rights as citizens of the world of thousands of people, famous and anonymous, who became stateless due to the tragic events that devastated Europe in the first quarter of the 20th century.

Cast

Valentine Varela

Self - Narrator (voice)

Gérard Desarthe

Fridtjof Nansen (voice)

Jacky Nercessian

Self

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