Sarah
Also known as: Sarah And The Squirrel, The Seventh Match
- Studio
- Yoram Gross Films, Sarah Enterprises, Australian Film Commission
- Distributor
- CEL Home Video, Yoram Gross Film Studios, Cinemedia
Synopsis
Sarah is a little girl who is separated from her family during a war. Hiding out alone in the forest, she tries to end the war by sabotaging a railway bridge that is used by munitions trains. In the forest, she is befriended by a squirrel and other friends. Slowly and painfully, throughout a freezing winter, she prises bricks from the bridge's supporting columns. In a sudden spring thaw, an ice floe crashes into the weakened column of the bridge, and it plunges into the river. Sadly, she realizes that the end of the bridge does not mean the end of the war, and she rejoins the creatures of the wild, disappearing into the forest forever.
Characters
Sarah, Squirrel, Other Forest Animals
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Yoram Gross, Athol Henry
Producing
- Producer
- Yoram Gross
- Associate Producer
- Sandra Gross
Writing
- Writer
- Elizabeth Kata, Yoram Gross
Animation
- Animator
- Athol Henry, Cynthia Leech, Andrew Szemenyei
- Animation Director
- Athol Henry
Voices
- Voice
- Mia Farrow (Narrator, Squirrel), Jacki Weaver, Joan Bruce, John Faasen, Ron Haddrick, Shane Porteous
Music
- Music
- Vivaldi
Editing
- Editor
- Christopher Plowright
Crew
- Director of Photography
- Lloyd Freidus
- Animation Camera Operator
- Jenny Ochse
- Art Director
- Athol Henry
Production notes
Mia Farrow appears in live action.
This film is based on producer Yoram Gross's experiences as a child in Poland during the Second World War.
This film is based on producer Yoram Gross's experiences as a child in Poland during the Second World War.
Awards
Special Award, Manila International Film Festival, 1983