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In the Spring of 1945, Holocaust survivor and psychologist Lena Kuchler single handedly created a home for orphaned Jewish children in Krakow, Poland, following World War II. In 1949, a wave of violent anti-Semitism forced Lena to flee with the children to France and later to Israel where Lena says goodbye to the children as they are accepted into the Schiller Kibbutz as equal members. In the film, ten children from Lena Kuchler’s children’s home return to Poland and reminisce and reflect on their past.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary, Israeli Film Academy; Jerusalem International Film Festival (2003) - The Jewish Experience Award; Bergen County Jewish Film Festival, USA (2005); Rutgers Jewish Film Festival, USA (2005); Toronto Holocaust Center Film Week (2005); Jewish Theological Seminary, New York (2005); San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (2005); Toronto Jewish Film Festival (2005); Pacific Jewish Film Festival (2005); Denver Jewish Film Festival (2005); Orange County Jewish Film Festival, USA (2005).
Director: Amalia Margolin, Oshra Schwartz
Producer: Mosh Danon
Production Company: JCS Productions
Cinematographer: Yoram Miloh
Editor: Einat Glazer-Zarhin
Original Soundtrack: Jonathan Bar Giora
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Cinema Project, Rabinowitz Foundation, Recanati Foundation, the Gesher Foundation, Ron Lauder Fund
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: מאה ילדים שלי
Relevant Links:
Review in Variety MagazineCategory: Children and Youth / History / Holocaust / Kibbutz / Old Age
Tag Words: Anti-Semitism children in the Holocaust heroism Holocaust Kibbutz Krakow Lena Kuchler orphans Poland survivors World War II
In the Spring of 1945, Holocaust survivor and psychologist Lena Kuchler single handedly created a home for orphaned Jewish children in Krakow, Poland, following World War II. In 1949, a wave of violent anti-Semitism forced Lena to flee with the children to France and later to Israel where Lena says goodbye to the children as they are accepted into the Schiller Kibbutz as equal members. In the film, ten children from Lena Kuchler’s children’s home return to Poland and reminisce and reflect on their past.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary, Israeli Film Academy; Jerusalem International Film Festival (2003) - The Jewish Experience Award; Bergen County Jewish Film Festival, USA (2005); Rutgers Jewish Film Festival, USA (2005); Toronto Holocaust Center Film Week (2005); Jewish Theological Seminary, New York (2005); San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (2005); Toronto Jewish Film Festival (2005); Pacific Jewish Film Festival (2005); Denver Jewish Film Festival (2005); Orange County Jewish Film Festival, USA (2005).
Relevant Links:
Review in Variety MagazineDirector: Amalia Margolin, Oshra Schwartz
Producer: Mosh Danon
Production Company: JCS Productions
Cinematographer: Yoram Miloh
Editor: Einat Glazer-Zarhin
Original Soundtrack: Jonathan Bar Giora
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Cinema Project, Rabinowitz Foundation, Recanati Foundation, the Gesher Foundation, Ron Lauder Fund
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: מאה ילדים שלי
Category: Children and Youth / History / Holocaust / Kibbutz / Old Age
Tag Words: Anti-Semitism children in the Holocaust heroism Holocaust Kibbutz Krakow Lena Kuchler orphans Poland survivors World War II