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HARBOUR OF HOPE

POLISH TITLE: PORT NADZIEI

Towards the end of the Second World War Sweden became a shelter for thousands of former prisoners of concentration camps. Here, in a port town of Malmö, in the care of the Red Cross, they recovered after the experience of concentration camps. Former volunteers and former prisoners, now scattered all over the world, recollect that time. Their stories are accompanied by shocking archive materials showing the first moments of the prisoners in ‘the harbor of hope.’ For many survivors the nightmare has not finished yet. 

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Polska/Szwecja
RUNNING TIME:
76'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Magnus Gertten
SCRIPT:
Magnus Gertten, Jesper Osmund
DOP:
Jon Rudberg
EDITOR:
Jesper Osmund
MUSIC:
Magnus Jarlbo
PRODUCTION:
Bow And Axe Entertainment

Magnus Gertten »

Director and producer. Co‑owner of the Auto Images production company. TV and radio journalist by education. Since 1998 he has directed several documentaries for Swedish and international TV stations; they were presented at many festivals. His documentaries include, among others, Get Busy (2004, together with Erik Bäfving), Rolling Like a Stone (2005, together with Stefan Berg), or Long Distance Love (2008, together with Elin Jönsson). He was a co‑producer of Armadillo, a famous film by Janus Metz.