Natasha Richardson stars in the true story of Ruth Gruber, a Jewish woman who escorted nearly 1000 Holocaust survivors to America while working for the U.S. Government in 1944. Harold L. Ickes: Hal Holbrook. Papa Gruber: Martin Landau. Mama Gruber: Anne Bancroft. Myles Billingsley: Bruce Greenwood. Bruno: Colm Feore. Manya: Tamara Gorski.