Heiners Filmseiten – Bless the Beasts & Children (en)

Bless the Beasts & Children

German title: Denkt bloß nicht, daß wir heulen
Spain title: Bendice a los animales y a los niños
Russian title: Благослови детей и зверей
Original title: Bless the Beasts & Children

Drama – USA
Production year: 1970
Movie length: 109 minutes

Director: Stanley Kramer
Writer: Mac Benoff, Glendon Swarthout
Cinematograph: Michel Hugo
Music: Perry Botkin Jr., Barry De Vorzon

Movie description:

A group of adolescent boys, placed in a summer camp by their otherwise too busy parents, find themselves unable to fit in and are soon branded as bedwetters by their fellow campers and unsympathetic counselor. After their counselor exposes them to what they perceive as a cruel slaughter of corralled bison, these misfits are soon drawn to a common purpose to break free of their camp and free the bison. On their way to free the bison, individual flashbacks reveal the relationships each has with his own family and give insight to their reasons behind wanting to set the bison free. Karen and Richard Carpenter’s singing of the title song occurs now and again throughout the movie to underscore the the drama.

Boy Actors