The Courage to Care

{{short description|1985 film}}

{{For|the organization|Courage to Care}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Courage to Care

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| director = Robert H. Gardner

| producer = Robert H. Gardner, Carol Rittner

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| cinematography = Tony Cutrono

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| studio = United Way Productions, Mutual of America

| distributor = United States Holocaust Memorial Council

| released = {{film date|1985}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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The Courage to Care is a 1985 American short documentary film directed by Robert H. Gardner and produced by Carol Rittner about non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/137708/The-Courage-to-Care/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016171839/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/137708/The-Courage-to-Care/details |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |title=NY Times: The Courage to Care |access-date=December 3, 2008}} Rittner wrote a book of the same name as a companion volume to the film, which also includes the personal narratives of the same persons in the film and many others.{{cite book|title=The Courage to Care|author=Carol Rittner |author2=Sondra Myers |isbn= 978-0-8147-7406-9|year=1989|publisher=NYU Press }}