Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport is a 2000 documentary film about the British rescue operation known as the Kindertransport, which saved the lives of over 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia by transporting them via train, boat, and plane to Great Britain. These children, or Kinder in German, were taken into foster homes and hostels in Britain, expecting eventually to be reunited with their parents. The majority of them never saw their families again. Written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris, produced by Deborah Oppenheimer, narrated by Judi Dench, and made with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, it utilized rare and extensive footage, photographs, and artifacts, and is told in the words of the child survivors, rescuers, parents, and foster parents.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Documentary, History, War |
Country: | United Kingdom, United States |
Produced By: | Deborah Oppenheimer, Lou Fusaro, Cayce Callaway, Alicia Dwyer |
Directed By: | Mark Jonathan Harris |
Written By: | Mark Jonathan Harris |
Cast: | Lore Segal, Lorraine Allard, Jack Hellman, Adolf Hitler, Nicholas Winton, Mariam Cohen, Eva Hayman, Bertha Leverton, Kurt Fuchel, Norbert Wollheim, Robert Sugar, Lory Cahn, Alexander Gordon, Ursula Rosenfeld, Mirka Colman, Hedy Epstein, Judi Dench, Alexander Leeb, Franzi Groszmann, Inge Sadan |
In Theaters: | Nov 24, 2000 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 2 minutes |
Production: | Sabine Films, Skywalker, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
Box Office: | $374,555 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |