The Child Crusades - Barefoot to the Promised Land (2006)

The Child Crusades - Barefoot to the Promised Land

2006 | 53 minutes | 7.0 ★ (1)

Documentary History

Overview
It was a fateful expedition into the unknown. 50.000 children marched along the banks of the Rhine and the Loire Rivers dressed in rags, dragged themselves barefoot across the snow-covered Alps. They reached the shores of the Mediterranean in a state of exhaustion, and were loaded onto shady ships and ended up as slaves at North African markets. The film snatches the stirring fate of these children from the realm of the forgotten and gives them back their dignity on the pages of history.
Release Date
01 January 2006
DirectingMartin Papirowski
Budget
$0.00
Revenue
$0.00
Stars
Steve Tipping

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