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The Child Crusades - Barefoot to the Promised Land 2006 Directed by Martin Papirowski Die Kinderkreuzzüge

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.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language English
Gneres Documentary , History
Production Companies ZDF , ARTE , Zauberberg Filmproduktion
Release Date 1 January 2006
53 mins