| Shoot Dates | 6th May - 2nd June 2019 |
|---|---|
| Writer | Simon Block |
| Director | Michael Samuels |
| Producer | Alison Stirling |
| Director of Photography | Wojciech Szepel |
| Editor | Victoria Boydell |
| Main Cast | Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Anna Maciejewska |
| Locations | Glenarm Village, Belvoir Forest Park and Finnebrogue Forest. |
Status: Completed
With only a few meagre possessions, they do not know what awaits them in Britain. They speak no English and, having spent many years living in death camps, and are deeply traumatised.
At the end of World War II, the British government granted up to 1,000 children the right to come to the UK. Three hundred of these children were brought to Lake Windermere for their first four months to have the opportunity to recover, surrounded by nature.
The responsibility for looking after the children is held by Oscar Friedmann (Thomas Kretschmann – The Pianist), a German-born child social worker and psychoanalyst. He and his team are in uncharted territory: their project to mass-rehabilitate a group of children has never been attempted before.
The Children (w/t) is the stark, moving and ultimately redemptive story of the bonds these children make with one another, and of how the friendships forged at Windermere become a lifeline to a fruitful future.
Written by Bafta Award-nominated screenwriter Simon Block (The Eichmann Show), the story draws on the first-person testimony of some of these now elderly survivors, whose filmed interviews will feature in the film.
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