The Light of Hope

Synopsis

When the Vichy authorities close the Elna Maternity Hospital, which welcomes pregnant women from the concentration camps, its director, Elisabeth, and Victoria, will sacrifice themselves to save it. Television film written by Margarita Melgar and directed by Sílvia Quer (' 'Velvet' ', (' 'Gran Hotel' '), set in northern Catalonia during the summer of 1942. The film is based on real events and narrates the prowess of Elisabeth Eidenbenz, founder of Elna's Maternity, which along with her collaborators restored dignity to pregnant women in the Argelers and Ribesaltes internment camps in Vichy France Motherhood welcomed hundreds of women and saved 597 babies from certain death.

Main Cast

Noémie Schmidt

Age : 33 | Popularity : 10%

Nausicaa Bonnín

Age : 39 | Popularity : 6%

Natalia de Molina

Age : 33 | Popularity : 18%

Blanca Romero

Age : 48 | Popularity : 3%

Nora Navas

Age : N/A | Popularity : 43%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Sílvia Quer
Writing	Screenplay	Ana Sanz Magallón Montse Ganges
Production	Producer	José Flores André Martin
Department	Role	Name

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