The Children of Chabannes (1999)
93 min
From 1939 to 1942, in the village of Chabannes in central France, more than 400 Jewish children were hidden, schooled, and ultimately saved through the heroic efforts of the school's director and teachers and of Jewish rescue organizations that first got the children there, and then, as war closed around them, got all but a handful out safely. In 1996, two aged teachers and the children and their families reunite. Lisa Gossels, whose father and uncle were among the children, records it. Survivors' comments, photos and drawings from the war, footage of the school and town, and a celebration of the heroism and leadership of the school's director, Felix Chevrier, comprise the film.
- Release date
- June 16, 1999
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Joel Goodman
Cast
- Norbert Bikales as Self
- Norbert Bikales as Child of Chabannes
- Wolfie Blumenreich as Self
- Wolfie Blumenreich as Child of Chabannes
- Rene Castille as Self
- Rene Castille as Creuse Historian
- Collette Dony-Pascal as Self
- Collette Dony-Pascal as Chabannes Resident
- Jerry Gerard as Self
- Jerry Gerard as Child of Chabannes
- Lisa Gossels as Narrator
- Peter Gossels as Self
- Peter Gossels as Child of Chabannes
- Lydia Jablonski as Self
- Lydia Jablonski as Chevrier's Secretary
- Ruth Keller as Self
- Ruth Keller as Child of Chabannes
- Serge Klarsfeld as Self
- Serge Klarsfeld as Historian
Crew
- Lisa Gossels · Director
- Dean Wetherell · Director
- Lisa Gossels · Producer
- Dean Wetherell · Producer
- Joel Goodman · Composer
- Mustapha Barat · Cinematographer
- Philippe Bonnier · Cinematographer
- Lisa Gossels · Editor
- Dean Wetherell · Editor