Into the arms of strangers : stories of the Kindertransport

Publication/Creation:

Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures, 2001

Resource Type:

Video or Visual Material

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Into the arms of strangers : stories of the Kindertransport / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Sabine Films production ; written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris ; produced by Deborah Oppenheimer

Variant Titles:

Stories of the Kindertransport

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Harris, Mark Jonathan, 1941-
Oppenheimer, Deborah
Dench, Judi, 1934-
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
Sabine Films
Warner Home Video (Firm)

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Documentary films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Subjects:

Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--Great Britain
Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jewish refugees--Great Britain
Jewish children--England--Biography
Jews, German--England--Biography
Jewish refugees--England--Biography
Jews--United States--Biography

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Prologue -- Pride and joy -- Life under Hitler -- Invasion of Austria -- Where to flee -- Ninth of November -- Birth of the Kindertransport -- The Kinder -- Preparing to leave -- Last goodbyes -- The journey -- Arrival in England -- Kurt and Mariam -- Hostels and manors -- Dear parents -- On the shoulders of children -- War -- Somewhere to belong -- The Dunera -- Deportation to the camps -- The Coventry blitz -- Work of importance -- Family reunion -- War's end -- Survival is an accident -- Another set of parents -- Living with the past -- Coda and end credits.

Summary:

The documentary tells the story of a group of children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia who were fortunate enough to escape the unfathomable horror of the genocide perpetrated against the Jewish people during WWII. They were saved by the Kindertransport, which took 10,000 children to the safety of England in the late 1930s. (The United States government, which could have sponsored a similar program, declined to do so.) Assuming that the broad historical context is well enough known, the film concentrates on individual stories, using archival film clips and photographs, re-enactments and interviews, with both the rescuers and the rescued.

Language:

English
French

Language Note:

English and dubbed French (Quebecois) soundtracks, with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish ; closed-captioned.

Physical Type/Description:

1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black & white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Technical Note:

DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, original presentation aspect ratio, 1.37:1.

General Note:

This film was produced with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
Special features: Cast & crew [text feature]; Producer Deborah Oppenheimer and writer/director Mark Jonathan Harris commentary; Editor Kate Amend, sound designer Gary Rydstrom, archival researcher Corrinne Collett and composer Lee Holdridge commentary; Lord Richard Attenborough interview; Additional interviews; Photo gallery; The kinder [text feature]; The parents [text feature]; The rescuers [text feature]; Awards [text feature]; Premiere footage (10 min.); Historical artifacts (5 min.) [film and slide show feature]; Theatrical trailer (2 min.); DVD-ROM features: links to original theatrical website and chat rooms; downloadable study guide for viewers and educators via the website.

Participant/Performer Note:

Narrated by Judi Dench ; with Kurt Fuchel, Lore Segal, Ursula Rosenfeld, Nicholas Winton, Norbert Wollheim, Bertha Leverton, Lorraine Allard, Alexander Gordon, Jack Hellman, Lory Cahn, Hedy Epstein ... [et al.].

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Edited by Kate Amend ; director of photography, Don Lenzer ; music by Lee Holdridge.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990016183120302486

ISBN:

079075309X
9780790753096

OCLC Number:

47800700

Other Identifiers:

Universal Product Code: 085391887225
International Article Number: 7321921188725

Publisher Number:

18872 Warner Home Video

Barcode:

010002398727