The Windermere Children (2020)

Directed by

Michael Samuels

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 121 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of child survivors of the Holocaust arrives at a camp in the English countryside. The staff there help them recover from trauma and learn to trust again as they build new lives.

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What happens

The Windermere Children is a 2020 British biographical drama television film written by Simon Block and directed by Michael Samuels. Based on the experience of child survivors of the Holocaust, it follows the children and staff of a camp set up on the Calgarth Estate in Troutbeck Bridge, near Lake Windermere, England, where the survivors were helped to rehabilitate, rebuild their lives, and integrate into the British society. The film was produced by Simon Block as 'executive producer' with Nancy Bornat as factual producer and Ben Evans as development producer. The film first aired on BBC Two in January 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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