Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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  • Starring: Judi Dench
  • Summary: 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.… Expand

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  1. Positive: 23 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Marc Caro
    100
    Has moments of profound poignance, though it lacks the overall dramatic impact of "The Long Way Home."
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Elliott Stein
    80
    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.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    80
    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.
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  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    60
    Its subject matter is intrinsically upsetting.

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