Nina's Children

A quiet, personal documentary that traces family history through wartime displacement, feeling tender and sorrowful without ever becoming heavy-handed.

Directed by

Nina Grünfeld

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Birgitte Grimstad, Maiken Ostermann, Trini Lund

Tagline

The story about Nina Hasvoll Meyer and the Jewish children's home in Oslo during WW2, and what came out if it.

Overview

After Anschluss — the Nazi invasion and incorporation of Austria in 1938 — a group of Jewish children travel from Vienna to Oslo for summer camp. But when the time comes for them to return home, the political conditions on the continent have worsened and they can no longer return to their families. In Norway, an orphanage is established to look after these effectively homeless children, one of whom is director Nina Grünfeld’s father.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, warm and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, isolation, survival, memory

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

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