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The Windermere Children
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The Windermere Children

2020-01-27 · 88 min · ★ 7.4

Drama · War · History

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

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Directors
Michael Samuels
Production companies
Wall to Wall, Warner Bros. International Television Production Germany, ZDF, Northern Ireland Screen, BBC
Countries
Germany, United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Thomas KretschmannThomas KretschmannOscar Friedmann
Romola GaraiRomola GaraiMarie Paneth
Iain GlenIain GlenJock Lawrence
Tim McInnernyTim McInnernyLeonard Montefiore
Marcel SabatMarcel SabatBerish Lerner
Philipp ChristopherPhilipp ChristopherGeorg Lauer
Anna SchumacherAnna SchumacherEdith Lauer
Konstantin FrankRabbi Weiss
Marek WroblewskiSchmuel 'Sam' Laskier
Pascal FischerBenyak 'Ben' Helfgott
Jakub JankiewiczJakub JankiewiczSalek Falinower
B.J. HoggB.J. HoggDr Willenshaw
Tara CushTara CushYvonne
Anna MaciejewskaSala Feiermann
Tomasz StudzinskiArek Hershlikovicz
Lukasz ZiebaJuliusz
Alicia PokladeckaBela
India AngermanToddler 1
Cal O'DriscollMalcolm
Colm McCreadyMalcolm's Friend

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