The Nansen Passport

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.

2016

Documentary·History

0h 56min

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Valentine Varela
Self - Narrator (voice)
Gérard Desarthe
Fridtjof Nansen (voice)
Sylvie Aznavourian
Self
Katia Boudoyan
Self
Irène Companeez
Self
Catherine Kousmichoff
Self
Jacky Nercessian
Self
Annick Posselle
Self
Serge Spetschinsky
Self
Catherine Gousseff
Self
Dzovinar Kevonian
Self

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