Production

Johannes Bösiger

Born

1982-10-09 (44)

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Production

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6 titles

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Series credits

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Children of the Open Road poster
6.5

In 1939, after barely escaping the Nazis, a Gypsy family returns to Switzerland only to be torn apart by racial persecution in the benign guise of children's welfare. This fictionalized story of Jana, an eight-year-old Gypsy girl snatched from her parents and consigned to a life of orphanages and bleak foster homes, is based on a little-known chapter of Swiss history: From 1926 to 1972, the state-supported Pro Juventute, a children's aid foundation, forcibly removed some 700 Gypsy children from their families, in order to sever the ties with their culture and assimilate them to a "better way of life." The underlying aim was to preempt a new generation's caravans from following their nomadic traditions along Switzerland's country lanes.

Children of the Open Road

1992

Children of the Open Road poster
6.5

In 1939, after barely escaping the Nazis, a Gypsy family returns to Switzerland only to be torn apart by racial persecution in the benign guise of children's welfare. This fictionalized story of Jana, an eight-year-old Gypsy girl snatched from her parents and consigned to a life of orphanages and bleak foster homes, is based on a little-known chapter of Swiss history: From 1926 to 1972, the state-supported Pro Juventute, a children's aid foundation, forcibly removed some 700 Gypsy children from their families, in order to sever the ties with their culture and assimilate them to a "better way of life." The underlying aim was to preempt a new generation's caravans from following their nomadic traditions along Switzerland's country lanes.

Children of the Open Road

1992

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NR

An American singer struggling with addiction escapes her family’s West Bank settlement, eventually finding refuge in a Palestinian news agency, implicating those who shelter her.

Fly Little Bird

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NR

An American singer struggling with addiction escapes her family’s West Bank settlement, eventually finding refuge in a Palestinian news agency, implicating those who shelter her.

Fly Little Bird

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No artwork available
NR

An American singer struggling with addiction escapes her family’s West Bank settlement, eventually finding refuge in a Palestinian news agency, implicating those who shelter her.

Fly Little Bird

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