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In August 1945, three-hundred teenage survivors of Nazi concentration camps don’t know what to expect when they arrive in England’s Lake District after an exhausting trip from Poland. The doctors, educators and therapists who eagerly await them don’t know what to expect, either. How can they help these traumatized children recover from unimaginable horrors, and prepare them for a new and better life? You’ll feel inspired by this little-told, real-life story, based on the experiences of actual survivors. A powerful BBC dramatization, starring Iain Glen (Game of Throne, Delicious) and Romola Garai (Emma, Atonement).
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- Brand: Drama
- Cast : Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Iain Glen.
- Format: DVD
- Number of Discs: 2
- Region : 1
- Run Time: 2 1/2 Hours
- SKU: 22601
- Subtitles: SDH
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August, 1945. A coachload of children arrives at the Calgarth Estate by Lake Windermere. They are child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust that has devastated Europe's Jewish population. Carrying only the clothes they wear and a few meagre possessions, they bear the emotional and physical scars of all they have suffered.
Charged with looking after them is Oscar Friedmann, a German-born child psychologist. He and his team of counsellors have just 4 months to help the children reclaim their lives. By the lake, the children eat, learn English, play football and ride bikes. They yearn for news of their loved ones. Some locals taunt them, but they are embraced by others. In this environment, they begin to heal.
This is the stark, moving and ultimately redemptive story of the bonds the children make with one another, and of how the friendships forged at Windermere become a lifeline to a fruitful future. In the absence of relatives, they find family in each other.
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- Brand: Drama
- Cast : Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Iain Glen.
- Format: DVD
- Number of Discs: 2
- Region : 1
- Run Time: 2 1/2 Hours
- SKU: 22601
- Subtitles: SDH
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August, 1945. A coachload of children arrives at the Calgarth Estate by Lake Windermere. They are child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust that has devastated Europe's Jewish population. Carrying only the clothes they wear and a few meagre possessions, they bear the emotional and physical scars of all they have suffered.
Charged with looking after them is Oscar Friedmann, a German-born child psychologist. He and his team of counsellors have just 4 months to help the children reclaim their lives. By the lake, the children eat, learn English, play football and ride bikes. They yearn for news of their loved ones. Some locals taunt them, but they are embraced by others. In this environment, they begin to heal.
This is the stark, moving and ultimately redemptive story of the bonds the children make with one another, and of how the friendships forged at Windermere become a lifeline to a fruitful future. In the absence of relatives, they find family in each other.
