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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Documentary, History, War - 2000
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.
Cast:
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun
(1987)
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity a...
Innocent Voices
Innocent Voices
(2005)
A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.
Yanks
Yanks
(1979)
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. One relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, a...
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf
(1960)
Using exclusively archival footage, Erwin Leiser traces the rise and collapse of the Third Reich, from Adolf Hitler’s early years to the devastation of Europe and his suicide in 1945. The film draws heavily on material produced and preserved by the Nazi propaganda apparatus to confront the mechanisms, imagery, and consequences of total...
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver
(1942)
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.

Details

Runtime:
122 min
Release date:
15 Sep 2000
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 6 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Heartbreaking yet truly inspirational.
– Emanuel Levy,
Variety,
7 Feb 2001
fresh:
It's an incredibly moving film, alternately infuriating and heartbreaking -- often both.
– Ernest Hardy,
Film.com,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
At its best, the film gives a human face to stories of unimaginable suffering and unexpected triumph.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
What's being said makes for invaluable mandatory listening.
– Mike Clark,
USA Today,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
An extraordinarily fine and understated documentary.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
1 Jan 2000
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