Desc: 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus: Directed by Steven Pressman. With Alan Alda, Mamie Gummer, Liz Perle, Paul Shapiro. In the spring of 1939, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus embarked on a risky and unlikely mission. Traveling into the heart of Nazi Germany, they rescued 50 Jewish children from Vienna and brought them to the United States.