Based on the true story of Sara Góralnik, a 13-year-old Polish Jew who lost her entire family in the Holocaust, yet struggled to outlast the Nazis and fought to maintain her Jewishness. After a grueling escape, Sara adopts her Christian friend’s identity and finds refuge in a small Ukrainian village, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife and hidden in plain sight, living as a Christian. But then a discovery compromises the secret she must protect at all costs, her identity.
Co-Sponsors: Susan & Eric Wasserman and Anonymous
Community Partner:
- Year2019
- Runtime111 minutes
- LanguageEnglish/Polish
- CountryPoland/USA
- DirectorSteven Oritt
Based on the true story of Sara Góralnik, a 13-year-old Polish Jew who lost her entire family in the Holocaust, yet struggled to outlast the Nazis and fought to maintain her Jewishness. After a grueling escape, Sara adopts her Christian friend’s identity and finds refuge in a small Ukrainian village, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife and hidden in plain sight, living as a Christian. But then a discovery compromises the secret she must protect at all costs, her identity.
Co-Sponsors: Susan & Eric Wasserman and Anonymous
Community Partner:
- Year2019
- Runtime111 minutes
- LanguageEnglish/Polish
- CountryPoland/USA
- DirectorSteven Oritt