
1h 52m
2005-10-12
Starting in 1944 in the wake of the Liberation and continuing into the '60s, 'houses of hope' were established to lend a semblance of continuity to youngsters orpahaned by the war. Nina's Home takes place between September 1944 and January 1946 in an orphanage housed in a chateau outside Paris. At the outset, the country residence is run by Nina who has a core population of French Jewish children whose parents are probably dead. Food is scarce. News of the Concentration Camps hasn't hit yet, but some months later, a contingent of youths arrive form the liberated camps. The children are a disparate, wild, damaged group and conflicts ensue. Nina's challenge is to help them make their first delicate moves toward the future and in the process restore all of them, including herself, to life.
Richard Dembo
Duration: 1h 52m
Budget: $0
Revenue: $595,794

Nina

Marlène

Eva

Avner

Arié

Sylvie

Georges

Gabriel

Jean

Jules-Marie

Rosette

The little prune

Izik

Leiser

The little angel

Moshe

Hertchel

Schlome

Aaron

Schmelke

Maurice Gutman

Jacques Goldstein

The generous donor

Anselme

Emile

The photographer

Sylvie and Georges' mother

Colonel de Marcieu

Bomze

Jules-Marie's adoptive mother

Sandy

Gustav

M. Gélin

Hélène

The station master

Captain O'Leary

Rosina

Dr. Weill

The false mother
