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Kinder der Landstrasse

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

  1. Director : Urs Egger
  2. Producer : Johannes Bösiger,Peter Spoerri,Urs Egger
  3. Writer : Johannes Bösiger
  4. Editor : Barbara Hennings
  5. Cast : Jasmin Tabatabai,Andrea Eckert,Hans Peter Korff,Nina Petri,Wolf-Dietrich Berg,Herbert Leiser,Mathias Gnädinger,Noemi Steuer,Johanna Karl-Lory

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Original TitleKinder der Landstrasse

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1992-01-01

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 57m

Production CompaniesPanorama Films (CH),Lichtblick Film,Wega Film

Genres

  • History
  • Drama

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