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The Windermere children [videorecording (DVD)].

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PBS Distribution, 2020.

Holocaust survivors -- Drama.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama.

Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Drama.

Holocaust survivors -- Interviews.

Calgarth Estate (Windermere, England) -- Drama.

Alternate title:

The Windermere children in their own words [videorecording (DVD)].

[videorecording (DVD)].

2 videodiscs (145 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

"Based on an extraordinary true story"--Container.

Originally broadcast on PBS January 26, 2020.

"Includes the companion PBS Documentary about the rehabilitation of child survivors of the Holocaust"--Container.

A UK/Germany co-production.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Disc 1. The Windermere children / A Wall to Wall [and others] production in association with Northern Ireland Screen ; written by Simon Block ; producer, Alison Sterling ; directed by Michael Samuels -- Disc 2. The Windermere Children, in their own words / A Wall to Wall production ; directed by Guy Arthur, Leo Burley, Francis Welch ; narrator, Iain Glen.

Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Tim McInnerny and Iain Glen.

"August, 1945. A coachload of children arrives at the Calgarth Estate by Lake Windermere. They are child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust that has devastated Europe's Jewish population. Carrying only the clothes they wear and a few meagre possessions, they bear the emotional and physical scars of all they have suffered. Charged with looking after them is Oscar Friedmann, a German-born child psychologist. He and his team of counsellors have just 4 months to help the children reclaim their lives. By the lake, the children eat, learn English, play football and ride bikes. They yearn for news of their loved ones. Some locals taunt them, but they are embraced by others. In this environment, they begin to heal. This is the stark, moving and ultimately redemptive story of the bonds the children make with one another, and of how the friendships forged at Windermere become a lifeline to a fruitful future. In the absence of relatives, they find family in each other."--Container.

Biographical films.

Made-for-TV movies.

Documentary television programs.

Biographical television programs.

Television programs -- Great Britain.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Samuels, Michael.

Kretschmann, Thomas, 1962-

Garai, Romola, 1982-

McInnerny, Tim.

Glen, Iain, 1961-

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