The Light of Hope
6.8
“"When there is great suffering, you don't ask questions. You help....."”
When the Vichy authorities close the Elna Maternity Hospital, which welcomes pregnant women from the concentration camps, its director, Elisabeth, and Victoria, will sacrifice themselves to save it. Television film written by Margarita Melgar and directed by Sílvia Quer (' 'Velvet' ', (' 'Gran Hotel' '), set in northern Catalonia during the summer of 1942. The film is based on real events and narrates the prowess of Elisabeth Eidenbenz, founder of Elna's Maternity, which along with her collaborators restored dignity to pregnant women in the Argelers and Ribesaltes internment camps in Vichy France Motherhood welcomed hundreds of women and saved 597 babies from certain death.
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Sílvia Quer Director · Ana Sanz Magallón Screenplay Montse Ganges Screenplay
First release March 27, 2017 · Produced in Spain · Languages Catalan, French, German, Spanish
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Spain
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Original title
La llum d'Elna
Original language
Catalan
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Catalan · French · German · Spanish
Release dates
Spain · March 27, 2017
TV · 10
No release date listed for United States.
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