Into The Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport DVD
Production Year: 2000 - Documentaries & Biographies - Director: Mark Jonathan Harris - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance more
INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS, the stunning, heartrending documentary feature directed by Mark Jonathan Harris and narrated by Judi Dench, details the rescue of 10,000 German,... more
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expose and understand one of the forgotten travesties of WWII. While the evacuation of British children during the Second World War has become the stuff of legend, th...
and understand one of the forgotten travesties of WWII. While the evacuation of British children during the Second World War has become the stuff of legend, the ...
The Kindertransport Review ofInto The Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport DVDby
GrahamPearce
Advantages: a great documentary Disadvantages: you'll need tissues
Kindertransport, an attempt to remove as many young children from the clutches of the Nazis as possible. It tells a grim story, as do all documentaries about the holocaust, but if also lifts the spirit (unless your canadian). I have to explain myself, children were accepted by a number of countries, primarily Britain and the USA, however a number of countries were, less than helpful, you'll have to watch it.
The film also closely examines specific ... ...Richard) family.
The most upsetting thing is that almost all of the parents that sent their children away never saw them again.
All in all a fascinating story, that will produce many tears, but ultimately shows the strength of the human spirit.
It has to be one of the top ten world war II documentaries.
Summary: buy it, watch it, make sure you bring tissues (yes, even the fellas). ...
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Into The Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport DVD
Main specs
Actor(s): Judi Dench
Director(s): Mark Jonathan Harris
Genre: Documentaries & Biographies - Military Documentary - World War
Classification: Parental Guidance
Production Year: 2000
Colour: Black & White / Colour
Running Time: 2 hours 2 minutes
Plot: The story of the children who were sent by their parents from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia to the safety of England in 1938 and 1939. Years later survivors and people involved remember those days...
INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS, the stunning, heartrending documentary feature directed by Mark Jonathan Harris and narrated by Judi Dench, details the rescue of 10,000 German, Austrian, and Czechoslovakian Jewish children just prior to the outbreak of WWII. A labor of love for producer Deborah Oppenheimer, whose mother was part of the kindertransport, the documentary combines powerful testimonies from now elderly--kinder--with rare archival film footage. Following the Kristallnacht pogroms in November 1938, a mission began to remove Jewish children to the only nation willing to harbor them--England. Parents lucky enough to secure their children places had the heartbreaking task of packing a single suitcase and putting their child on a train, promising to follow soon after. Most of the parents, however, died in Hitler's concentration camps. In England, the kinder were faced with new problems--living with strangers who spoke another language, while simultaneously missing and feeling abandoned by their parents. Recounting their compelling, gut-wrenching stories, the pain is still raw for the elderly kinder--but they are survivors in every sense of the word. Their fortune, though traumatizing, is underscored by the film's final, sobering statistic: 1.5 million children perished during the Holocaust.
Technical information
Special Features: Audio Commentary, Berlin Premiere, London Premiere, Interview With Richard Attenborough, Other Interviews And Memorabilia, Scene Access, Trailer, Interactive Menus
"...The children, now mostly in their 70's, [recall] the overwhelming facts of their childhoods with simple dignity and heart-rending power..." (New York Times, p.E10, 15/09/2000)
"...INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS is a compelling grueling documentary....[The interviewees] convey the essence of their experience as no archive footage or voiceover can..." (Sight and Sound, p.51, 01/12/2000)
"...For every grown child here there is a story, and each one is moving..."--3.5 out of 4 stars (USA Today, p.6E, 15/09/2000)
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