Children Without a Shadow

A documentary about a person and his story is an example to understand an external and an internal series of events. The person is a Shaul Harel a pediatrist, who was born in Belgium, as a Jewish child was hidden by righteous gentiles during World War II and later emigrated to Israel, where he is living ever since. The external events I referred to were, what happened to him and other hidden children during the war, how they survived and how their lives later evolved in Israel. This is told trough photos, interviews and a revisiting of the places where he lived or stayed in the old country.

Keywords

  • Belgien
  • Meisterwerke der 2000er
  • Jean-Pierre und Luc Dardennes Lieblingsfilme
  • Religion

Director

  • Bernard Balteau

Shorts, Dokus

1h 6min

tous publics

FR

Belgium
2009
A documentary about a person and his story is an example to understand an external and an internal series of events. The person is a Shaul Harel a pediatrist, who was born in Belgium, as a Jewish child was hidden by righteous gentiles during World War II and later emigrated to Israel, where he is living ever since. The external events I referred to were, what happened to him and other hidden children during the war, how they survived and how their lives later evolved in Israel. This is told trough photos, interviews and a revisiting of the places where he lived or stayed in the old country.

A documentary about a person and his story is an example to understand an external and an internal series of events. The person is a Shaul Harel a pediatrist, who was born in Belgium, as a Jewish child was hidden by righteous gentiles during World War II and later emigrated to Israel, where he is living ever since. The external events I referred to were, what happened to him and other hidden children during the war, how they survived and how their lives later evolved in Israel. This is told trough photos, interviews and a revisiting of the places where he lived or stayed in the old country.


Cast & Crew