Hidden Children (2004)
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 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 twenty one and settled in at Villa Emma with their chaperones and teachers, Josef Indig, Marco Schoky and the pianist Boris Jochverdson.
Director: Leone Pompucci
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Ken Duken as Joseph Indig |
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Jasmine Trinca as Tilla Nagler |
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Max von Sydow as Valobra |
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Ana Caterina Morariu as Shosha |
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Ennio Fantastichini as Marco Shocky |
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Eliana Miglio as Helene |
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Toni Bertorelli as Mortara |
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Alfredo Pea as |
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Andrea Tidona as |
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Nino Frassica as |
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Thomas Trabacchi as |
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Tullio Sorrentino as |
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Pietro Ghislandi as |
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Pasquale Esposito as |
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Asen Mutafchiev as |
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Ivan Dzhambazov as |
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Zlatil Davidov as |
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Bogdan Glishev as |
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Peter Meltev as |
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Nikolai Binev as |
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Stoyan Aleksiev as |
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Maria Kavardjikova as |
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Maria Statulova as |
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Malin Krastev as |
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Miroslav Kosev as |
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Lyuben Chatalov as |
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Marin Yanev as |
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Assen Blatechki as |
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Svezhen Mladenov as |
| Directing | Leone Pompucci | Director |
| Writing | Angelo Pasquini | Writer |
| Writing | Alessandro Sermoneta | Writer |
| Sound | Franco Piersanti | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Marco Pieroni | Director of Photography |