Hidden Children

Hidden Children

2004 · 116 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama

This is a true story about forty Jewish children on their way to Palestine, who were blocked by the German and Italian occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941. Before finding a haven at Villa Emma in Nonantola in northern Italy, where they arrived on June 17, 1942, the children spent several adventurous months in Slovenia, caught up in the ongoing fight between the partisans and the Italian army. In April 1943, another 33 children, some from the Balkans, others from France, joined the original group. All were orphans who had lost their parents in concentration camps and had subsequently been smuggled out of Germany by Recha Freier, a well-known Zionist. The group ranged in age from six to twenty one and settled in at Villa Emma with their chaperones and teachers, Josef Indig, Marco Schoky and the pianist Boris Jochverdson.

Directed by Leone Pompucci · Written by Alessandro Sermoneta

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Ken Duken Joseph Indig
Jasmine Trinca Tilla Nagler
Max von Sydow Valobra
Ana Caterina Morariu Shosha
Ennio Fantastichini Marco Shocky
Eliana Miglio Helene
Toni Bertorelli Mortara
Alfredo Pea Boris
Andrea Tidona Don Beccari
Nino Frassica Capo di Gabinetto
Thomas Trabacchi Maresciallo Ferretti
Tullio Sorrentino Lucidi

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