The Children of Chabannes
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The Children of Chabannes

8 / 10 | 1h 33m | United States
1999 | Documentary | War
In the spirit of Louis Malle's "Au Revoir les Enfants" and Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List," the Emmy® Award-winning film "The Children of Chabannes" (93 minutes), has been praised as "splendid, informative and emotionally involving" (Los Angeles Times) and called "a seamless memoir of courage and a tribute to the human spirit." (New York Daily News). A magical World War II tale of resilience and love, "The Children of Chabannes" reveals the previously untold story of how the people in a tiny village in unoccupied France chose action over indifference to save the lives of 400 Jewish refugee children. Returning to the forgotten corner of France with her father and uncle (two of the saved children), filmmaker Lisa Gossels and co-director Dean Wetherell movingly recreated the joys and fears of daily life in Chabannes during the war. Through warm and wonderful accounts from the educators, townspeople and from the children themselves, we see how this oasis of hope is shattered in August of 1942, when the war reaches the doorsteps of the crumbling chateau where the children lived. A celebration of human kindness, "The Children of Chabannes" delivers a profound message of tolerance. The film documents the remarkable efforts made by the citizens of Chabannes, who risked their lives and livelihoods to protect these children, simply because they felt it was the right thing to do.

Cast List (35)

Lisa Gossels
Lisa Gossels
Director
Dean Wetherell
Dean Wetherell
Director
Georges Loinger
Georges Loinger
Self
Georges Loinger
Georges Loinger
OSE Educator
Jean Michaud
Jean Michaud
Self
Jean Michaud
Jean Michaud
Creuse Historian
Norbert Bikales
Norbert Bikales
Child of Chabannes
Collette Dony-Pascal
Collette Dony-Pascal
Chabannes Resident
Lydia Jablonski
Lydia Jablonski
Self
Yvonne Labrousse
Yvonne Labrousse
Self
Michele Nougier
Michele Nougier
Reine Paillassou (dramatic recreation actor)
Frédéric Pottecher
Frédéric Pottecher
Self
Wolfie Blumenreich
Wolfie Blumenreich
Child of Chabannes
Rene Castille
Rene Castille
Self
Jerry Gerard
Jerry Gerard
Child of Chabannes
Lisa Gossels
Lisa Gossels
Narrator
Ruth Keller
Ruth Keller
Self
Ruth Keller
Ruth Keller
Child of Chabannes
Renee Paillassou
Renee Paillassou
Teacher at Chabannes
Claude Pasty
Claude Pasty
Félix Chevrier (dramatic recreation actor)
Norbert Bikales
Norbert Bikales
Self
Wolfie Blumenreich
Wolfie Blumenreich
Self
Rene Castille
Rene Castille
Creuse Historian
Collette Dony-Pascal
Collette Dony-Pascal
Self
Jerry Gerard
Jerry Gerard
Self
Peter Gossels
Peter Gossels
Self
Peter Gossels
Peter Gossels
Child of Chabannes
Lydia Jablonski
Lydia Jablonski
Chevrier's Secretary
Serge Klarsfeld
Serge Klarsfeld
Self
Serge Klarsfeld
Serge Klarsfeld
Historian
Yvonne Labrousse
Yvonne Labrousse
Chabannes Resident
Renee Paillassou
Renee Paillassou
Self
Rachel Pludermacher
Rachel Pludermacher
Self
Rachel Pludermacher
Rachel Pludermacher
OSE Educator
Frédéric Pottecher
Frédéric Pottecher
Journalist

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