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The Children of Chabannes (1999)
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93 min | Documentary, War

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The Children of Chabannes (1999)

Not Rated

93 min | Documentary, War

In the spirit of Louis Malle's "Au Revoir les Enfants" and Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List," the Emmy® Award-winning film "The Children of Chabannes" (93 minutes), has been praised as "splendid, informative and emotionally involving" ...See moreIn the spirit of Louis Malle's "Au Revoir les Enfants" and Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List," the Emmy® Award-winning film "The Children of Chabannes" (93 minutes), has been praised as "splendid, informative and emotionally involving" (Los Angeles Times) and called "a seamless memoir of courage and a tribute to the human spirit." (New York Daily News). A magical World War II tale of resilience and love, "The Children of Chabannes" reveals the previously untold story of how the people in a tiny village in unoccupied France chose action over indifference to save the lives of 400 Jewish refugee children. Returning to the forgotten corner of France with her father and uncle (two of the saved children), filmmaker Lisa Gossels and co-director Dean Wetherell movingly recreated the joys and fears of daily life in Chabannes during the war. Through warm and wonderful accounts from the educators, townspeople and from the children themselves, we see how this oasis of hope is shattered in August of 1942, when the war reaches the doorsteps of the crumbling chateau where the children lived. A celebration of human kindness, "The Children of Chabannes" delivers a profound message of tolerance. The film documents the remarkable efforts made by the citizens of Chabannes, who risked their lives and livelihoods to protect these children, simply because they felt it was the right thing to do. Written by New Video/Docurama See less

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Name	Known for
Norbert Bikales Self / Child of Chabannes Self / Child of Chabannes See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Wolfie Blumenreich Self / Child of Chabannes Self / Child of Chabannes See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Rene Castille Self / Creuse Historian Self / Creuse Historian See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Collette Dony-Pascal Self / Chabannes Resident Self / Chabannes Resident See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Jerry Gerard Self / Child of Chabannes Self / Child of Chabannes See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Lisa Gossels Narrator Narrator See fewer	My So-Called Enemy (2010)
Peter Gossels Self / Child of Chabannes Self / Child of Chabannes See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Lydia Jablonski Self / Chevrier's Secretary Self / Chevrier's Secretary See fewer	The Bet (2013)
Ruth Keller Self / Child of Chabannes Self / Child of Chabannes See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Serge Klarsfeld Self / Historian Self / Historian See fewer	The Round Up (2010)
Yvonne Labrousse Self / Chabannes Resident Self / Chabannes Resident See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Georges Loinger Self / OSE Educator Self / OSE Educator See fewer	The Art of Silence (2022)
Jean Michaud Self / Creuse Historian Self / Creuse Historian See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Michele Nougier Reine Paillassou (dramatic recreation actor) Reine Paillassou (dramatic recreation actor) See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Renee Paillassou Self / Teacher at Chabannes Self / Teacher at Chabannes See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Claude Pasty Félix Chevrier (dramatic recreation actor) Félix Chevrier (dramatic recreation actor) See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Rachel Pludermacher Self / OSE Educator Self / OSE Educator See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)
Frédéric Pottecher Self / Journalist Self / Journalist See fewer	L'affaire Marie Besnard (1986)
Philippe Pétain Self (archive footage) (as Marechal Henri Philippe Pétain) Self (archive footage) (as Marechal Henri Philippe Pétain) See fewer	Pathé News, No. 36 (1916)
Ernest Rosner Self / Child of Chabannes Self / Child of Chabannes See fewer	The Children of Chabannes (1999)

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