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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Ballad of a Child |
| Production Date | c. 1962 |
| Country of Production | Czechoslovakia |
| Duration | 00:09:47 |
| Film Subject Era | 1939-1945 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Summary | A reconstruction of true events, this short drama follows an expectant mother's journey to the hospital. As she goes into labour, she recollects the events of the Second World War and how she was taken from her family in Lidice to be raised by a new family. [WARNING: Contains distressing images of dead bodies, including children.] |
| Subjects | Children; Transport; Second World War (1939-1945); Wars; Nazism; SS (Schutzstaffel); Army; Soldiers; Civilians; Women; Concentration camps; Holocaust; Medical practitioners; Adoption; Kidnapping; Lebensborn; Death; Famine |
| Places | Czechoslovakia; Germany |
| Fiction/Non Fiction | Fiction |
| Sound | Sound |
| Colour Format | Black and White |
| Language | English (Narrator) |
| Module | Wars & Revolutions |
| Copyright | The British Film Institute |