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The Windermere Children

The Windermere Children

20207.41h 28m

Overview

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

Directed by Michael Samuels
Written by Simon Block
Produced by Alison Sterling
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Top Cast

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

Oscar Friedmann

Romola Garai

Romola Garai

Marie Paneth

Iain Glen

Iain Glen

Jock Lawrence

Tim McInnerny

Tim McInnerny

Leonard Montefiore

Marcel Sabat

Marcel Sabat

Berish Lerner

Philipp Christopher

Philipp Christopher

Georg Lauer

Anna Schumacher

Anna Schumacher

Edith Lauer

Konstantin Frank

Konstantin Frank

Rabbi Weiss

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Marek Wroblewski

Schmuel 'Sam' Laskier

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Pascal Fischer

Benyak 'Ben' Helfgott

Themes & Keywords

childhood traumabased on true storyholocaust (shoah) survivorkindnesscompassionpost world war iichild psychologistpost-war englandconcentration camp survivorjewish refugeerecoverywar refugeestraumatized childlake district

About The Windermere Children

The Windermere Children is a drama, war, history film released in 2020 exploring themes of childhood trauma, based on true story, holocaust (shoah) survivor, kindness, compassion, post world war ii. Directed by Michael Samuels, it stars Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Iain Glen. The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

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