Films: 55 Socks

55 Socks
55 Chaussettes

Canada, 2011, 8 Minute Running Time
Additional Countries: Netherlands
Genre/Subjects: Animated, Historical/Period, Political, War
Program: Shorts-in-a-Feature-Length-World
Language: English

DIRECTOR: Co Hoedeman
Producer: Laurie Gordon, Peter Lindhout, Julie Roy
Editor: Co Hoedeman
Screenwriter: Co Hoedeman
Principal Cast: 

Beautifully rendered animation is used to tell the true story of a group of ingenious Dutch women who, during the WWII Nazi occupation, unraveled a bedspread for the material to knit badly needed socks.

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