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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 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 settled in at Villa Emma with their teachers, Josef Indig, Marco Schoky and the 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. After Italy surrendered to the Allies on September 8, 1943, German troops arrived in Nonantola and the situation changed dramatically…

Italy - 2004 - 2 x 100 mn - 16 mm • 1,33 - Colour

Director Leone Pompucci from an original idea by Nicola Caracciolo Script Angelo Pasquini, Alessandro Sermoneta, Marco Turco Camera Marco Pieroni Sound Giancarlo Laurenzi Sets Marco Luppi Music Franco Piersanti Cast Ken Dunken, Jasmine Trinca, Ennio Fantastichini, Max Von Sydow, Tony Bertorelli, Eliana Miglio, Alfredo Pea

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