The Story of Seven-Hundred Polish Children

The Story of Seven-Hundred Polish Children

1967
18m
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Overview

This 1967 documentary tells the story of 734 Polish children who were adopted by New Zealand in 1944 as WWII refugees. Moving interviews, filmed 20 years later, document their harrowing exodus from Poland: via Siberian labour camps, malnutrition and death, to being greeted by PM Peter Fraser on arrival in NZ. From traumatic beginnings the film chronicles new lives (as builders, doctors, educators, and mothers) and ends with a family beach picnic. Made for television, this was one of the last productions directed by pioneering woman filmmaker Kathleen O'Brien.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
The National Film Unit
Production Countries
New Zealand
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

world war ii new zealand poland international adoption

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 1967
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Tim Eliott
Tim Eliott

Narrator

Key Crew

Kathleen O'Brien
Director
Oxley Hughan
Producer