The Children of Huang Shi

The Children of Huang Shi

War made them orphans, one man made them legends

R 2008 · 125 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama, War

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode · Written by Simon van der Borgh

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