Directed by:
Ben CooksonScreenplay:
Ben CooksonCinematography:
Gerry VasbenterComposer:
James Seymour BrettCast:
Anjelica Huston, Jean Reno, Sadie Frost, Frederick Schmidt, Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Nicholas Rowe, Gilles Marini, Joséphine de La Baume (more)VOD (1)
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Set during the harrows of World War II, Waiting for Anya tells the story of a young shepherd (Noah Schnapp) who, together with his grandfather (Jean Reno) and a widow (Anjelica Huston), help smuggle Jewish children across Nazi-occupied France into Spain. When German soldiers move into town, things become even more dangerous for those involved. They stage one last daring effort to get all of the Jewish children across the border to safety, but if they are caught, it's not only the end for the children, but also for their family. (Miami Jewish Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Anjelica Huston
USA
Best movies:
Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou (1975)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Jean Reno
Morocco
Best movies:
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Shut Up! (2003)
Sadie Frost
UK
Best movies:
Dracula (1992)
Uprising (2001) (TV movie)
Magic Hunter (1994)
Frederick Schmidt
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Brimstone (2016)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Noah Schnapp
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
The Peanuts Movie (2015)
Thomas Kretschmann
East Germany
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Valkyrie (2008)
Nicholas Rowe
UK
Best movies:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Sharpe's Enemy (1994) (TV movie)
Shackleton (2002) (TV movie)
Gilles Marini
France
Best movies:
The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006)
Sex and the City - The Movie (2008)
Waiting for Anya (2020)
Joséphine de La Baume
France
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
One Day (2011)
Tómas Lemarquis
Iceland
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
Noi the Albino (2003)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Elsa Zylberstein
France
Best movies:
Mina Tannenbaum (1994)
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
A Bag of Marbles (2017)
Urs Rechn
Germany
Best movies:
Run Boy Run (2013)
Eight Miles High! (2007)
Son of Saul (2015)
William Abadie
France
Best movies:
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Unfaithful (2002)
Strip Search (2004) (TV movie)
Jean-François Balmer (narrator)
Switzerland
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Cop or Hood (1979)
East Wind (1993)
Lukas Sauer
Germany
Best movies:
Waiting for Anya (2020)