
The Windermere Children(2020)
The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.


“Based on the incredible true story of WWII survival.”
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.

Jett Klyne
Max

Richard Armitage
Jasko

David Kohlsmith
Yanek
Katherine Fogler
Faigie

Masa Lizdek
Kasia

Christopher Heyerdahl
Police Chief Bagan

Tara Nicodemo
Aunt Erna

Ari Millen
Aleskey
Shuna Snow
Regina

Morgan Bedard
Officer Petryk
The Boy in the Woods is a drama, war, history film released in 2023 exploring themes of based on true story, holocaust (shoah) survivor. Directed by Rebecca Snow, it stars Jett Klyne, Richard Armitage, David Kohlsmith. The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
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