The Light of Hope

Streaming video - 2018

Based on the true story of Elisabeth Eidenbenz and her female co-workers who saved the lives of almost 600 infants in World War II. In the early 1940's, refugees from all over Europe sought shelter in South Western France, escaping persecution from the Nazis and from Franco's regime in Spain. Among them, were countless women, some of them pregnant, and their young children. Young Red Cross nurse Elisabeth Eidenbenz transformed an old villa into a birth clinic and saved the lives of mothers and children from certain death. But soon authorities in Nazi-occupied France demand that she hand over all Jewish refugees and their children. Official Selection at the **Toronto Jewish Film Festival** and the **Atlanta Jewish Film Festival**.

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Menemsha Films 2018.
2019.
Language
Spanish
Other Authors
Silvia Quer (film director), Blanca Romero (actor), Marie-Christine Friedrich, Max Sampietro, Natalia de Molina, Nausicaa Bonnin, Noémie Schmidt, Pep Anton Munoz
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).