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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 25 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by: Mark Jonathan Harris
Directed by: Mark Jonathan Harris
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 15, 2000
DVD: August 28, 2001
Running Time: 122 minutes, Color / BW
Origin: USA / UK
Summary
RATING: PG for thematic elements
Starring Judi Dench (Narrator), and Alexander Gordon
In an effort to remove Jewish children from Nazi territory in pre-World War II Europe, the "Kindertransport" sent children far away from their families to live with stangers, often never to see their parents again. In this documentary, the aging survivors and their rescuers tell their moving stories.
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What The Critics Said
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
At its slowest, the film has value as a historical document. At its best, the film gives a human face to stories of unimaginable suffering and unexpected triumph.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
A marvelous picture and a highly unusual journey in and around the Holocaust.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Marc Caro
Has moments of profound poignance, though it lacks the overall dramatic impact of "The Long Way Home."
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
A powerful and moving contribution to the cinema of the Holocaust.
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Harris brings into focus a nearly forgotten success story, filling in another blank in the ultimate mosaic of the 20th century's greatest tragedy.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
A fitting tribute to these displaced children because it so simply and elegantly personalizes their place in the most horrific chapter of 20th-century history.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
There have been many documentaries about the Holocaust in recent years, but this one really stands out.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Proves there are Holocaust stories still to be told.
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
The dramatic power, though, comes entirely from the eloquence of old people, shot in medium close-up, barely moving as they remember things.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer
Fascinating and engrossing on every conceivable level
Read Full Review >Time Richard Schickel
This moving tribute to a handful of candles flickering in the darkness has the power to summon us--one prays--to our better selves.
LA Weekly Ella Taylor
A haunting tale of the physical survival and emotional confusion of children who were simultaneously required to build a new life and hold fast to the memory of an old one, in the hope of resuming it after the war.
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
To my taste, the only serious drawback to this absorbing film is Harris's unimaginative adherence to documentary convention, which obliges him to "illustrate" the voice-overs even when the material matches the narratives only in fictional terms.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Elliott Stein
It's worth shelling out to see this doc on a theater screen: The enthralling archival footage of Germany in the 1930s is rare stuff indeed, of superb photographic quality.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Because Into the Arms of Strangers is as much a story about childhood as it is about the Holocaust, it's an especially moving and effective piece of work.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Unfamiliar to most these days and it goes without saying that Harris performs a great service in the eyes of history with his film.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
Movingly recounts a hitherto untold story in the voices of the people who lived it.
San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson
Misses some creative opportunities to really drive this story home, but it's a naturally haunting story nonetheless.
Miami Herald Sara Wildberger
Documentary of riveting personal stories.
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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