Movie Description
Kinder der Landstrasse
(1992)Overview
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 children's aid foundation, forcibly removed some 700 Gypsy children from their families, in order to sever the ties with their culture and assimilate them to a "better way of life." The underlying aim was to preempt a new generation's caravans from following their nomadic traditions along Switzerland's country lanes.
Featured Crew
- Director : Urs Egger
- Producer : Johannes Bösiger,Urs Egger,Peter Spoerri
- Writer : Johannes Bösiger
- Editor : Barbara Hennings
- Cast : Jasmin Tabatabai,Andrea Eckert,Hans Peter Korff,Nina Petri,Wolf-Dietrich Berg,Herbert Leiser,Mathias Gnädinger,Noemi Steuer,Johanna Karl-Lory
Cast
Jana Kessel
Theresa Kessel
Dr. Schoenefeld
Fräulein Roth
Heinrich Hottinger
Paul Kessel
Roger Kessel
Andrina Kessel
Wahrsagerin
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Facts
Original TitleKinder der Landstrasse
Status Released
Release Information
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1992-01-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 57m
Production CompaniesPanorama Films (CH),Lichtblick Film,Wega Film
Genres
- History
- Drama
