Lena: My 100 Children (1987)

7.0/10 95 min History Drama TV Movie

Overview

Lena Kuchler, a Holocaust survivor, searches a Polish refugee camp for lost family members in the months after the war but instead finds 100 starving children with nowhere to go and nobody who wants them. She takes it upon herself to care for them, leading first to an isolated retreat, where they encounter antisemitic violence, and ultimately, to an exodus to Palestine.

Cast

Linda Lavin

Lena Kuchler-Silberman

Torquil Campbell

Harold

Lenore Harris

Bella

Susannah Hoffmann

Maria

George Touliatos

Polonski

John Evans

Sani

Sam Malkin

Stefan

Megan Fahlenbock

Hanka

Erzsi Pásztor

András Ambrus

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