Ten-year-old Herb Gildin and his two older sisters were sent by their German-Jewish parents to live with non-Jewish families in Sweden to escape Nazi persecution. Two years later, they were reunited with their parents in America as refugees. Decades later, Herb visited Sweden to reconnect with the remaining family members who had taken him in.
Watch the official The Starfish 2019 trailer in HD below.
Herb Gildin as Self
Tyler Gildin Director
United States 04 April 2021
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13 January 2017
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15 June 2001
Four young women joined the Resistance to fight Nazi oppression and brutality in occupied France. They were arrested and deported to Ravensbruck concentration camp, where they helped each other to survive.
02 November 2016
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13 November 2019
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16 September 2019
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28 June 2019
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