Movie
Waiting for Anya
Overview
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-02-07
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Goldfinch Studios, Fourth Culture Films, Bad Penny Productions, Artémis Productions, 13 Films
- Country
- Belgium, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Noah Schnapp as Jo
- Thomas Kretschmann as Korporal
- Frederick Schmidt as Benjamin
- Tómas Lemarquis as Leutnant
- Gilles Marini as Papa
- Elsa Zylberstein as Maman
- Joséphine de la Baume as Madame
- Sadie Frost as Madame Jollet
- Jean Reno as Henri
- Urs Rechn as Hans
- Anjelica Huston as Horcada
- Declan Cole as Hubert
Crew
- Ben Cookson - Director
- Ben Cookson - Writer
- Toby Torlesse - Writer
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