HIDDEN CHILDREN ( La fuga degli innocenti )

HIDDEN CHILDREN (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La fuga degli innocenti
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
000 min

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Leone Pompucci

Written By:
Nicola Caracciolo
Giovanna Mori
Angelo Pasquini
Alessandro Sermoneta
Marco Turco

Actors:
Ken Duken ..... Josef Belzer
Jasmine Trinca ..... Tilla Nagler
Ennio Fantastichini ..... Marco Shocky
Toni Bertorelli ..... Mortara
Eliana Miglio ..... Helene
Alfredo Pea ..... Boris
Andrea Tidona ..... Don Beccari
Ana Caterina Morariu ..... Shosha
Nino Frassica ..... Capo di Gabinetto
Thomas Trabacchi ..... Maresciallo Ferretti
Tullio Sorrentino ..... Lucidi
Pietro Ghislandi ..... Contrera
Pasquale Esposito ..... Captain Alberti
Max von Sydow ..... Valobra
Gabriela Rasheva ..... Rachel
Loran Abbas ..... Benno Mincer
Stefan Penev ..... Otto Goldenberg
Yoanna-Mariya Kirkova ..... Lola
Asen Mutafchiev ..... Ruben
Ventsislav Todorov ..... Andrey
Ivan Dzhambazov ..... Taddeus
Sofia-Heni Djamdjieva ..... Geraldine
David Stefanov ..... Maurice
Severina Yotova ..... Ester
Theodor Spassov ..... Thomas
Zlatil Davidov ..... Leo Kopfler
Bogdan Glishev ..... Krieg
Christo Shopov ..... Nieder
Philip Kovashki ..... Cerni
Peter Meltev ..... Fiano
Nikolai Binev ..... Abraham Belzer
Stoyan Aleksiev ..... Sign. Schimtz
Maria Kavardjikova ..... Sign.ra Schimtz
Maria Statulova ..... Nina
Malin Krastev ..... Reduce
Miroslav Kosev ..... Padre confine
Lyuben Chatalov ..... Contrabbandiere
Marin Yanev ..... Ufficiale Svizzero
Alexander Ivanov ..... Olmo
Assen Blatechki ..... Rinaldo
Svezhen Mladenov ..... Jewish
Daniel Taskoff ..... Israel

Synopsis:

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This is a true story about 40 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 21 and settled in at Villa Emma with their chaperones and teachers, Josef Indig, Marco Schoky and pianist Boris Jochverdson. The children lived in modest, but quite acceptable conditions. They attended class and courses in agriculture and craftsmanship prepared them for their impending departure for Palestine and a future on a Kibbutz. The orphans were under police supervision and forbidden to go out alone, but even so Nonantola took their plight to heart and firm friendships were established between the townspeople and the young Jews. After Italy surrendered to the Allies on September 8, 1943, German troops arrived in Nonantola and the situation changed dramatically. In less than 48 hours, Villa Emma was abandoned and the fugitive boys and girls found refuge in the seminary of the Abbey, and in the homes of local farmers, craftsman and shopkeepers. The local priest, Father Arrigo Beccari, showed great courage in these circumstances. The threat of raids by the German police provoked much anxiety and between September 28 and October 16, 1943 all the young refugees were successfully smuggled into Switzerland, fording the fast-flowing Tresa River under cover of darkness. In Switzerland, Zionist organizations hosted them in an institute in Bex in the Rodano Valley and it was from there that most of the group reached Palestine in May 1945 after an odyssey that had lasted five years. One of the boys who contracted TB and had to be admitted to a sanatorium was unable to escape and his name appears on a list of deportees to Auschwitz. Subsequently, Arrigo Beccari and Giuseppe Moreali, the local doctor in Nonantola, were cited in the Yad Vashem for their courage and they have their own tree in the Avenue of Just Men.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 09 March, 2025.