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The Optimists

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In this documentary, director Jacky Comforty explores the story of 8,500 Bulgarian Jews who, in 1943, were rounded up to await deportation to a concentration camp before being suddenly sent home. Comforty, whose own family was among these 8,500, uses thousands of World War II-era photographs and interviews with survivors to examine how the majority of Bulgaria's Jewish population of 50,000 managed to live through the Holocaust, and how national protests saved those bound for execution.

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Jacky Comforty

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Stuart Rosenberg

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Jacky Comforty

Writer

Lisa Comforty

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Jacky Comforty

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Lissa Oliver

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Synopsis In this documentary, director Jacky Comforty explores the story of 8,500 Bulgarian Jews who, in 1943, were rounded up to await deportation to a concentration camp before being suddenly sent home. Comforty, whose own family was among these 8,500, uses thousands of World War II-era photographs and interviews with survivors to examine how the majority of Bulgaria's Jewish population of 50,000 managed to live through the Holocaust, and how national protests saved those bound for execution.
Director
Jacky Comforty
Screenwriter
Jacky Comforty, Lisa Comforty
Production Co
Comforty Media Concepts [us]
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Bulgarian
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 8, 2001, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 21, 2019
Runtime
1h 21m
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