Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)

Directed by

Mark Jonathan Harris

Genre

documentary film, war film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the Kindertransport, a rescue operation that brought over 9,000 children from Nazi-occupied Europe to safety in Britain. It uses interviews, photographs, and footage to recount the experiences of the children, their parents, and the people who helped them.

poignantpersonalretrospectivesoberinghumanizingarchivalintimatehistorical

What happens

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport is a 2000 documentary film about the British rescue operation known as the Kindertransport, which saved the lives of over 9,000 Jewish and other children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Danzig by transporting them via train, boat, and plane to Great Britain. These children, or Kinder in German, were taken into foster homes and hostels in Britain, expecting eventually to be reunited with their parents. The majority of them never saw their families again. Written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris, produced by Deborah Oppenheimer, narrated by Judi Dench, and made with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, it utilized rare and extensive footage, photographs, and artifacts, and is told in the words of the child survivors, rescuers, parents, and foster parents. The film received numerous accolades, including winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was released on DVD and VHS on August 28, 2001, by Warner Home Video. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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