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  1. Feb 6, 2020 · Movie data powered by IMDb.com A version of this article appears in print on , Section C , Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Waiting for Anya . Order Reprints | Today’s Paper ...

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  2. Feb 7, 2020 · February 7, 2020. 4 min read. “Waiting for Anya” begins with a helpful explanation of what was going on in 1942, the first indicator that the target audience may be those who have not yet learned some basic history about WWII. It is not the last. The film is based on a popular YA book by Michael Morpurgo, author of The War Horse, and it is ...

  3. Great camera work. Rated 5/5 Stars • 05/27/24. It is 1942 WWII and the Germans have taken control of Northern France. A Jewish man, Benjamin takes his daughter, Anya, to a train station leaving ...

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    • Noah Schnapp
    • Ben Cookson
    • Goldfinch Studios
  4. Waiting for Anya is a 2020 historical war drama film co-written and directed by Ben Cookson. It is a film adaptation of the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Morpurgo. [4][5][6] The film stars Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Frederick Schmidt, Jean Reno, and Anjelica Huston. The film premiered at the 2020 Miami Jewish Film Festival and ...

  5. Feb 5, 2020 · February 5, 2020. British-born writer-director Ben Cookson seemed an unlikely choice to helm “Waiting for Anya,” a dramatic tale of Jewish refugees and the underground resistance fighters who ...

  6. Feb 7, 2020 · Our review: Parents say (1 ): Kids say (1 ): With this story, writer-director Ben Cookson aims to find a gentle way to introduce preteens to understanding the atrocities of World War II. In that way, it's similar to The Sound of Music. But the characters in Waiting for Anya aren't affluent Austrians singing happy songs.

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  8. Feb 3, 2020 · Waiting for Anya is so beautifully put together and so emotionally executed that it hits you like a gust on a windy day. A truly unexpected, but excellent pleasure. Waiting for Anya is adapted from the novel by the same name, written by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo. The film follows a young shepherd boy named Jo, played by Noah Schnapp ...

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