The Children Who Cheated the Nazis (2000)

Directed by

Sue Read

Genre

documentary film, documentary television film

Country

United Kingdom

Rated

U

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the Kindertransport, a rescue effort that brought Jewish children from Nazi Germany to safety in Britain. Lord Richard Attenborough and Warren Mitchell share their families' experiences of taking in these children.

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What happens

The Children Who Cheated the Nazis is a documentary about the Kindertransport, by the director Sue Read and producer Jim Goulding. This documentary film was broadcast by Channel 4 on 28 September 2000, and has since been broadcast in America, Israel, France, Australia, Spain and worldwide. The film is narrated by Lord Richard Attenborough, Academy Award-winning film actor and director, who features in the film, talking about the two Kindertransport children his family gave a home to. Also featured is actor Warren Mitchell, whose family took in a Kindertransport child. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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