The Windermere Children

The Windermere Children is a 2020 biographical drama film written by Simon Block and directed by Michael Samuels. Based on the experience of child survivors of the Holocaust, it follows the children and staff of a camp set up on the Calgarth Estate in Troutbeck Bridge, near Lake Windermere, England, where the survivors were helped to rehabilitate, rebuild their lives, and integrate into the British society. The film was produced by Simon Block as 'executive producer' with Nancy Bornat as factual producer and Ben Evans as development producer.

The Windermere Children
DVD cover
GenreBiographical film
Written bySimon Block
Directed byMichael Samuels
Starring
Theme music composerAlex Baranowski
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Germany
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerAlison Sterling[1]
CinematographyWojciech Szepel
EditorVictoria Boydell
Running time88 mins.
Release
Original networkBBC Two
Original release
  • 26 January 2020 (2020-01-26)

Cast

Production

The real Calgarth Estate was demolished in the 1960s. The Lakes School near Windermere now stands on the former site of the wartime housing scheme that actually housed the children in 1945.[3][4][5][6]

Although set in the Lake District, the production was actually filmed in locations around Northern Ireland.

Reception

As of September 2020, the film holds a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews with an average rating of 8.5/10.[7]

Awards

In October 2020, The Windermere Children won the Best European TV Movie of the Year prize at Prix Europa. A jury member commented "This story gives hope, told with a twinkle in the eye, making the children's stories, their traumas and their losses manageable for the viewer."[8]

References
  1. "The Windermere Children". BBC. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. "Marie Paneth: Branch Street, the Windemere children, art and pedagogy". infed.org. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. "The Windermere Children". Media Centre. BBC. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. Singh, Anita (27 January 2020). "The Windermere Children, review: a sad, beautiful refugee story with an ending that took the breath away". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. Gentleman, Amelia (27 January 2020). "The Windermere Children review – how the Lakes saved the lives of Nazi survivors". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. Philpot, Robert (27 January 2020). "BBC airs 'Windermere children': How Holocaust survivors went from hell to heaven". Times of Israel. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  7. "The Windermere Children (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  8. "PRIX EUROPA 2020 Best European TV Movie of the Year: The Windermere Children" (pdf). PRIX EUROPA. 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.