Passport to Freedom

Passport to Freedom (Passaporte para Liberdade) is a Brazilian television miniseries produced by Estúdios Globo, Sony Pictures Television, and Floresta The miniseries is written by Mário Teixeira, with the collaboration of Rachel Anthony. It aired on TV Globo from 20 December 2021 to 30 December 2021, and stars Sophie Charlotte, Rodrigo Lombardi, and Peter Ketnath. The miniseries tells the story of Aracy de Carvalho, an employee of the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg, Germany. It is loosely based on the 2011 book Justa ‒ Aracy de Carvalho e o resgate de judeus: trocando a Alemanha nazista pelo Brasil by historian Mônica Raisa Schpun.

Plot
In 1935, Aracy de Carvalho (Sophie Charlotte) goes to Germany and lands a position in the passport department of the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg. It was there that she managed to save many Jews from prison and the Holocaust by facilitating the issuing of visas to Brazil. João Guimarães Rosa (Rodrigo Lombardi) is asked to be Brazil's deputy consul and meets Aracy on his first day of work and immediately falls in love with her. João realizes that Aracy is hiding something and questions her. Aracy explains her whole scheme to João. He hesitates, but soon becomes convinced that it was the right thing to do. Aracy also attracts the attention of Nazi Thomas Zumkle (Peter Ketnath), an important captain of the SS. Zumkle becomes obsessed with discovering Aracy's secret, and his frequent insinuations, in addition to annoying Aracy, jeopardize all the help she offers to the Jews.

Main

 * Sophie Charlotte as Aracy de Carvalho
 * Rodrigo Lombardi as João Guimarães Rosa
 * Peter Ketnath as Thomas Zumkle
 * Stefan Weinert as Milton Hardner
 * Tomas Sinclair Spencer as Karl Schaffer
 * Gabriela Petry as Taibele Bashevis / Vivi Krüger
 * Izabela Gwizdak as Margarethe Levy
 * Sivan Mast as Helena Krik
 * Tarcísio Filho as Joaquim Antônio de Souza Ribeiro
 * Theo Medon as Eduardo "Edu" de Carvalho Tess
 * Jacopo Garfagnoli as Rudi Katz
 * Aryè Campos as Tina Fallada
 * Phil Miler as Samuel Bashevis
 * Bruce Gomlevsky as Hugo Levy
 * Helena Varvaki as Batsheva
 * Jimmy London as Mendel Krik
 * Fabiana Gugli as Mina Schwartz

Recurring

 * João Côrtes as Wilfried Shwartz
 * Camilla Lecciolli as Sonja Katz
 * Brian Townes as Commander Heinz
 * David Wendefilm as Bohm
 * Ivo Müller as Agent Krause
 * J.G. Franklin as Agent Karlson
 * Olé Erdmann as Aribert Brunner / Alois Brunner
 * Bruno Sigrist as Helmut
 * Clarice Alves as Consuela Anita

Production
The miniseries was announced in May 2019, initially titled O Anjo de Hamburgo (The Angel of Hamburg). The miniseries is the first TV Globo production to be entirely spoken in English. Filming began in February 2020. In March 2020, production was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming resumed on 13 February 2021, and concluded in May 2021.