Children of the Open Road (1992)
1h 57m
Running Time
January 1, 1992Release Date
Children of the Open Road (1992)
1h 57m
Running Time
January 1, 1992Release Date
Plot.
In 1939, after barely escaping the Nazis, a Gypsy family returns to Switzerland only to be torn apart by racial persecution in the benign guise of children's welfare. This fictionalized story of Jana, an eight-year-old Gypsy girl snatched from her parents and consigned to a life of orphanages and bleak foster homes, is based on a little-known chapter of Swiss history: From 1926 to 1972, the state-supported Pro Juventute, a children's aid foundation, forcibly removed some 700 Gypsy children from their families, in order to sever the ties with their culture and assimilate them to a "better way of life." The underlying aim was to preempt a new generation's caravans from following their nomadic traditions along Switzerland's country lanes.
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Cast & Crew.

Jasmin Tabatabai
Jana Kessel

Andrea Eckert
Theresa Kessel

Hans-Peter Korff
Dr. Schoenefeld

Nina Petri
Fräulein Roth

Wolf-Dietrich Berg
Heinrich Hottinger

Herbert Leiser
Paul Kessel

Mathias Gnädinger
Roger Kessel

Noemi Steuer
Andrina Kessel

Johanna Karl-Lory
Wahrsagerin

Urs Egger
Director / Producer

Kathrin Brunner
Art Direction

Barbara Hennings
Editor

Sabina Haag
Costume Design

Johannes Bösiger
Writer / Producer

Lukas Strebel
Director of Photography

Alfred Nathan
Producer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1992
Original NameKinder der Landstrasse
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Filming LocationsAustria · Switzerland · Germany
Genres
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Wiki.
Children of the Open Road (German: Kinder der Landstrasse) is a Swiss feature/drama film that was produced in 1992. Its topic is the Kinder der Landstrasse foundation, active between 1926 and 1973, which controversially attempted to assimilate the itinerant Yeniche population of Switzerland by forcibly moving their children to foster homes or orphanages. The historical topic is presented in fictionalized account.
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