Harbour of Hope

Liberated concentration camp survivors are rescued to the peaceful harbour town Malmö and starts life again. A film full of love, hope and unsolved mysteries.

In 1945 Irene, Ewa and Joe were among the nearly 30,000 survivors rescued from German concentration camps to the peaceful harbour town Malmö, Sweden. Here they started life again. In unique archive footage we see 10 year-old Irene at the harbour taking her first shaky steps in freedom. We see newborn Ewa carried from the boat by her mother. And we meet Joe, who arrived as a lonely child without his family. In Harbour of Hope they tell their amazing stories from the moment of liberation to the unsolved mysteries in present time. A film about dealing with war memories, the importance of a helping hand and finding a “harbour of hope”.

In Harbour of Hope we are telling the story of how important it is for war refugees to receive help and support. The story has a historical setting but still carries a huge impact in our contemporary time. During the World War II it was survivors coming from the concentration camps, being Jews, political prisoners, prisoners of war and others. Today we see war refugees fleeing dictatorships and burning political issues. We must not forget the stories from the past in order to reflect on how we act today.

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We are looking for partners 

 If you are working for an organisation documenting 2WW survivors, working with refugees in contemporary time or otherwise related to the topics covered in Harbour of Hope please contact us. We are currently looking for partners, with whom we can establish a collaboration and network. Pease write to Outreach Producer Ove Rishøj Jensen – overishojjensen@gmail.com

Credits

Harbour of Hope is Directed by Magnus Gertten. Produced by Lennart Ström for Auto Images.

Harbour of Hope is a co-production between Auto Images, Sweden and Bow And Axe Entertainment, Poland.

Harbour of Hope is made possible through a collaboration with SVT, Sweden; Film i Skåne, Sweden; Bullitt Film, Denmark; KinoPravda, Norway; Eikon Media, Germany & TVP, Poland.

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