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Les enfants de Windermere

Original title: The Windermere Children
  • TV Movie
  • 2020
  • 10
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
4K
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Les enfants de Windermere (2020)
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DocudramaPeriod DramaDramaWar

This 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 ... Read allThis 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.This 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.

  • Director
    • Michael Samuels
  • Writer
    • Simon Block
  • Stars
    • Thomas Kretschmann
    • Romola Garai
    • Iain Glen
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Samuels
    • Writer
      • Simon Block
    • Stars
      • Thomas Kretschmann
      • Romola Garai
      • Iain Glen
    • 45User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Thomas Kretschmann
    Thomas Kretschmann
    • Oscar Friedmann
    Romola Garai
    Romola Garai
    • Marie Paneth
    Iain Glen
    Iain Glen
    • Jock Lawrence
    Tim McInnerny
    Tim McInnerny
    • Leonard Montefiore
    Marcel Sabat
    Marcel Sabat
    • Berish Lerner
    Philipp Christopher
    Philipp Christopher
    • Georg Lauer
    Anna Schumacher
    Anna Schumacher
    • Edith Lauer
    Konstantin Frank
    • Rabbi Weiss
    Kacper Swietek
    • Chaim 'Harry' Olmer
    Marek Wroblewski
    • Schmuel 'Sam' Laskier
    Kuba Sprenger
    • Icek 'Ike' Alterman
    Pascal Fischer
    • Benyak 'Ben' Helfgott
    Anna Maciejewska
    • Sala Feiermann
    Tomasz Studzinski
    • Arek Hershlikovicz
    Jakub Jankiewicz
    • Salek Falinower
    Lukasz Zieba
    • Juliusz
    Alicia Pokladecka
    • Bela
    • (as Alicia 'Lola' Pokladecka)
    India Angerman
    • Toddler 1
    • Director
      • Michael Samuels
    • Writer
      • Simon Block
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    User reviews45

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    9stevencholt

    Amazing

    Made me cry, what them poor children must have gone through and seen, great script and wonderful acting, a must watch
    7ks-60500

    Lucky for the unlucky ones

    It's really brutal for Jewish victims suffer from the Nazi era. The children scare of dogs, crave for a slice of bread, missing family who is alive or dead, bad dreams always. Again, it reveals the painful history of war brings to us. The movie execute nicely and not bored as mentioned by some reviews. As long as you have sympathy, you will enjoy the movie.
    7Lejink

    Children of the New Forest

    I must admit I didn't know of this true-life story of hundreds of mostly orphaned young Jewish children from Nazi Germany being settled at different locations in Britain immediately after the end of the Second World War, with the bulk of them being taken to a settlement at the scenic Lake Windermere. Having known only terror and persecution and been forcibly separated from their families at some of the most infamous concentration camps, they face the challenge of adapting to life on their own in a new country with unfamiliar surroundings, a different language and not always friendly natives.

    These are children naturally traumatised by their experiences, suffering from the memories of losing their loved ones and now facing new challenges to adapt to a wholly alien environment thrown together with like-situationed youngsters their own age they've mostly never met before. None of them speak English either and we see them undergoing a rudimentary education and other methods of acclimatisation all to help them adjust to a post-War world.

    Under the benign patronage of the facility head, Oscar Friedmann, bearing a strong resemblance in fact to Liam Neeson's Oscar Schindler, and his support staff, most prominently featuring a female art teacher who encourages the children to express themselves in paint and a crusty old Scottish P.E. teacher keen to get a football team up to play the local boys, they gradually come round to accepting that they have a reason to live and can go forward with their lives. For some, this is more difficult to believe than others and there's a trenchant scene where they learn the official fate of their loved ones back home, via Red Cross notification although for one young boy there's a faint hope that his older brother may somehow still be alive.

    Examples of familiar prejudices from some of the locals are shown too, plus some humour centring around the misadventures of a particular gang of four who raid the kitchen to enjoy some alfresco dining and also at the afore-mentioned football match which finally comes together. These lighter scenes are contrasted with others which remind us of the horrors the children have left behind, which we see in their reactions to the barking of even a small dog or to receiving a limitless supply of bread at breakfast as they immediately all run to hide the precious bounty away.

    The film ended poignantly, again in "Schindler's List" fashion, with the depicted youngsters' real-life, now aged adult counterparts returning to the same spot over seventy years later with their own positive recollections of their time there.

    This was a low-key production with several shots of the comfortingly beautiful Windermere landscape, a plaintive string quartet soundtrack, unobtrusive direction and fine ensemble acting by young and old alike, although perhaps some of the individual stories could have been developed a bit more and one wonders why there was no corresponding attention afforded to the young girls in their number.

    Nevertheless,with refugee crises in different parts of the world today still an ongoing issue, this was a sympathetic thought-provoking treatment of the subject which hopefully will resonate with contemporary viewers.
    8tocanepauli

    Moving, thoughtful drama

    Really enjoyed (if that is the right word to use?) this movie. To realise it was true really makes you think and feel sheer sorrow for these poor children. Well acted and portrayed. To see the real people at the end was a fitting finish to this movie. This should be the type of movie they should show, and discuss , at schools everywhere.
    9stevojaxon

    Extraordinarily good

    Congratulations to the film-makers. Something original to my way of thinking. The brilliance of this movie cannot be underestimated. The feeling I got all the way through was that of getting the details right. Its astonishing how good the child actors were in their roles. Some of the early scenes are incredibly well done and the amount of thought that went into this is much appreciated. I want to describe in detail some of my favorite scenes but that may spoil your seeing it for yourself. I expect a lot of people who see it will rate it very highly and will be much better off for the experience.

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    • Trivia
      The German documentary series ZDF history portrayed several of the one-time children. One of them is Bela, the "leader" of the bunch of three-year-olds who arrived at Windermere completely bewildered and totally speechless.
    • Goofs
      The bicycles, abandoned when the local boys are chased away from the fumigation, carry orange reflectors on their wheels. Such reflectors were introduced in Finland in 1960, so would not be present on bicycles during the late 1940s.
    • Quotes

      Oscar Friedmann: Unlike carpets madam, children are not improved by beating.

    • Crazy credits
      [caption, as footage of Chaim 'Harry' Olmer and the actor who played him are shown looking over Lake Windermere] Chaim's name was officially corrected in 1946. Seven years later, he was reunited with his sister.
    • Connections
      Featured in Granada Reports: 27 January 2020: Evening Bulletin (2020)

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    • Release date
      • April 5, 2020 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Polish
      • Hebrew
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Les Enfants de Windermere
    • Filming locations
      • Glenarm, Northern Ireland, UK(Altmore Street)
    • Production companies
      • Wall to Wall Television
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Warner Bros. Television Productions UK
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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