The Windermere Children

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

Cast

Thomas Kretschmann

as Oscar Friedmann

Romola Garai

as Marie Paneth

Iain Glen

as Jock Lawrence

Tim McInnerny

as Leonard Montefiore

Marcel Sabat

as Berish Lerner

Philipp Christopher

as Georg Lauer

Anna Schumacher

as Edith Lauer

Konstantin Frank

as Rabbi Weiss

Marek Wroblewski

as Schmuel 'Sam' Laskier

Pascal Fischer

as Benyak 'Ben' Helfgott

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