Twenty orphans, survivors of the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen and the war, travel to Hamburg in late 1945. Awaiting them is the Hamburg-based banking family Warburg who offer to find temporary homes and professional care for the children. Amid first kisses, open anti-Semitism and dreams of Israel, they discover life again in this dramatized documentary.

Written and directed by Raymond Ley Director of photography Christopher Rowe, a.o. Edited by Heike Parplies Sound Corinna Zink Costume design Bruni Hannemann Set design Harald Turzer Location Manager Christoph Hasse Production manager Stefan Knauss Line Producer Moritz Hansen Producer Stefan Duscha Executive producer Ulrich Lenze Editorial Manager Dirk Neuhoff/NDR
Ulrike Dotzer/arte Locations Israel, Zürich, New York, Bergen-Belsen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein Broadcast 17.11.2010, Arte Produced for NDR, Arte » back