Children of the Open Road

Children of the Open Road 1992 Released

Directed by Urs Egger

History, Drama · 117 min

 

Children of the Open Road 1992 Released

Directed by Urs Egger

History, Drama · 117 min

 

In 1939, after barely escaping the Nazis, a Gypsy family returns to Switzerland only to be torn apart by racial persecution in the benign guise of children's welfare. This fictionalized story of Jana, an eight-year-old Gypsy girl snatched from her parents and consigned to a life of orphanages and bleak foster homes, is based on a little-known chapter of Swiss history: From 1926 to 1972, the state-supported Pro Juventute, a... see more

In 1939, after barely escaping the Nazis, a Gypsy family returns to Switzerland only to be torn apart by racial persecution in the benign guise of children's welfare. This fictionalized story of Jana, an eight-year-old Gypsy girl snatched from her parents and consigned to a life of orphanages and bleak foster homes, is based on a little-known chapter of Swiss history: From 1926 to 1972, the state-supported Pro Juventute, a... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jan 1, 1992
COUNTRY
DE, AT, CH
LANGUAGE
DE
SPOKEN
German
BUDGET
N/A
REVENUE
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