Hidden Children

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.

5.9

116 min

Cast

Ken Duken

as Joseph Indig

Jasmine Trinca

as Tilla Nagler

Max von Sydow

as Valobra

Ana Caterina Morariu

as Shosha

Ennio Fantastichini

as Marco Shocky

Eliana Miglio

as Helene

Toni Bertorelli

as Mortara

Alfredo Pea

Andrea Tidona

Nino Frassica

Thomas Trabacchi

Tullio Sorrentino

Pietro Ghislandi

Pasquale Esposito

Asen Mutafchiev

Ivan Dzhambazov

Zlatil Davidov

Bogdan Glishev

Peter Meltev

Nikolai Binev

Stoyan Aleksiev

Maria Kavardjikova

Maria Statulova

Malin Krastev

Miroslav Kosev

Lyuben Chatalov

Marin Yanev

Assen Blatechki

Svezhen Mladenov

Director

Leone Pompucci