Movie
The Windermere Children
Overview
The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-01-27
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Wall to Wall, Warner Bros. International Television Production Germany, ZDF, Northern Ireland Screen, BBC
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Thomas Kretschmann as Oscar Friedmann
- Romola Garai as Marie Paneth
- Iain Glen as Jock Lawrence
- Tim McInnerny as Leonard Montefiore
- Marcel Sabat as Berish Lerner
- Philipp Christopher as Georg Lauer
- Anna Schumacher as Edith Lauer
- Konstantin Frank as Rabbi Weiss
- Marek Wroblewski as Schmuel 'Sam' Laskier
- Pascal Fischer as Benyak 'Ben' Helfgott
- Jakub Jankiewicz as Salek Falinower
- B.J. Hogg as Dr Willenshaw
Crew
- Michael Samuels - Director
- Simon Block - Writer
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