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Into the Arms of Strangers : Stories of the Kindertransport / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Sabine Films production ; written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris ; produced by Deborah Oppenheimer.

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    The documentary tells the story of a group of children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia who were fortunate enough to escape the unfathomable horror of the genocide perpetrated against the Jewish people during WWII. They were saved by the Kindertransport, which took 10,000 children to the safety of England in the late 1930s. (The United States government, which could have sponsored a similar program, declined to do so.) Assuming that the broad historical context is well enough known, the film concentrates on individual stories, using archival film clips and photographs, re-enactments and interviews, with both the rescuers and the rescued.
    Variant Title
    Stories of the Kindertransport
    Format
    Video
    Published
    Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2000, 2001]
    ©2000
    Locale
    Great Britain
    Germany
    Contents
    Prologue
    Pride and joy
    Life under Hitler
    Invasion of Austria
    Where to flee
    Ninth of November
    Birth of the Kindertransport
    The Kinder
    Preparing to leave
    Last goodbyes
    The journey
    Arrival in England
    Kurt and Mariam
    Hostels and manors
    Dear parents
    On the shoulders of children
    War
    Somewhere to belong
    The Dunera
    Deportation to the camps
    The Coventry blitz
    Work of importance
    Family reunion
    War's end
    Survival is an accident
    Another set of parents
    Living with the past
    Coda and end credits.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Harris, Mark Jonathan, 1941-
    Oppenheimer, Deborah.
    Dench, Judi, 1934-
    Warner Bros. Pictures.
    Sabine Films.
    Warner Home Video (Firm)
    Notes
    This film was produced with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
    Special features: Cast & crew [text feature]; Producer Deborah Oppenheimer and writer/director Mark Jonathan Harris commentary; Editor Kate Amend, sound designer Gary Rydstrom, archival researcher Corrinne Collett and composer Lee Holdridge commentary; Lord Richard Attenborough interview; Additional interviews; Photo gallery; The kinder [text feature]; The parents [text feature]; The rescuers [text feature]; Awards [text feature]; Premiere footage (10 min.); Historical artifacts (5 min.) [film and slide show feature]; Theatrical trailer (2 min.); DVD-ROM features: links to original theatrical website and chat rooms; downloadable study guide for viewers and educators via the website.
    Prologue -- Pride and joy -- Life under Hitler -- Invasion of Austria -- Where to flee -- Ninth of November -- Birth of the Kindertransport -- The Kinder -- Preparing to leave -- Last goodbyes -- The journey -- Arrival in England -- Kurt and Mariam -- Hostels and manors -- Dear parents -- On the shoulders of children -- War -- Somewhere to belong -- The Dunera -- Deportation to the camps -- The Coventry blitz -- Work of importance -- Family reunion -- War's end -- Survival is an accident -- Another set of parents -- Living with the past -- Coda and end credits.
    Edited by Kate Amend ; director of photography, Don Lenzer ; music by Lee Holdridge.
    Narrated by Judi Dench ; with Kurt Fuchel, Lore Segal, Ursula Rosenfeld, Nicholas Winton, Norbert Wollheim, Bertha Leverton, Lorraine Allard, Alexander Gordon, Jack Hellman, Lory Cahn, Hedy Epstein ... [et al.].
    MPAA rating: Rated PG.
    DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, original presentation aspect ratio, 1.37:1.
    In English or French, with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish ; closed-captioned.
    Academy Award, 2001 for Best Documentary, Features (Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer) ; American Cinema Editors, 2001: Best Edited Documentary Film (Kate Amend).

    Physical Details

    Language
    English French
    ISBN
    079075309X
    9780790753096
    Physical Description
    1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

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    2024-06-21 15:36:00
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