The Windermere Children

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Samuels directs. Victoria Boydell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany, United Kingdom. Dialogue in German, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 6 years ago.
• 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
• 4International production across 2 countries: Germany, United Kingdom.
• 5Editor Victoria Boydell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Thomas Kretschmann and Romola Garai and Iain Glen carry the top of the cast.
• 7IMDB entry: tt10370380 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Classified under 14 themes, including "childhood trauma", "based on true story", "holocaust (shoah) survivor", "kindness".

The technical file

Editing

Victoria Boydell

Production design

Ashleigh Jeffers

Costume design

Maggie Donnelly

Makeup / hair

Chris Lyons

Runtime

88 min · 1h 28m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

NR

IMDB

The Windermere Children (2020) ↗

Also by

Michael Samuels

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  Man in an Orange Shirt

  2017 · ★ 7.5
• 
  The Falklands Play

  2002 · ★ 7.0
• 
  The Fear

  2012 · ★ 6.4
• 
  Any Human Heart

  2010 · ★ 6.4
• 
  Caught in a Trap

  2008 · ★ 6.0
• 
  Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards

  2026 · ★ 6.0

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  The Windermere Children | Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Wall to Wall

  GB

• 

  Warner Bros. International Television Production Germany

  DE

• 

  ZDF

  DE

• 

  Northern Ireland Screen

  GB

• 

  BBC

  GB

Key crew

• Art DirectionAna Magarão
• Set DecorationÁine McGuinness
• CastingDes Hamilton
• Executive ProducerMichael Samuels
• Costume DesignMaggie Donnelly
• Executive ProducerSimon Block
• Executive ProducerTim Rostock
• Special Effects Makeup ArtistChris Lyons
• Makeup ArtistNatalie Reid
• Production DesignAshleigh Jeffers
• Foley ArtistRowena Wilkinson
• CastingCarla Stronge
• Executive ProducerBernd von Fehrn
• ProducerAlison Sterling
• CinematographyWojciech Szepel
• MusicAlex Baranowski
• Executive ProducerEleanor Greene
• Executive ProducerLeanne Klein
• Development ProducerBen Evans
• EditorVictoria Boydell

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• childhood trauma
• based on true story
• holocaust (shoah) survivor
• kindness
• compassion
• post world war ii
• child psychologist
• post-war england
• concentration camp survivor
• jewish refugee
• recovery
• war refugees
• traumatized child
• lake district

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2020-04-05NR· PBS premiere

Also known as

International titles

• I bambini della speranzaIT