CinemaOSMovie · 1967 · 0h 18m

The Story of Seven-Hundred Polish Children

Documentary

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.

Directed byKathleen O'Brien

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 18m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 1967
Studios
The National Film Unit

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

Tim Eliott

Narrator

Creative team
Directed by
Kathleen O'Brien
Kathleen O'Brien
Produced by
Oxley Hughan
Oxley Hughan

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