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Henry and Helen's mother takes them to France to hide them in her desperation to save them from the Nazis. There they are taken to a convent where they are disguised as orphans. During their stay at the convent, they are visited by a mime. Henry especially loves his visits, whose traumatic experience has left him a selective mute. Unfortunately an informer gives them up, forcing the children to flee again. The mime, a not yet famous Marcel Marceau,...
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Henny has grown up with her fathers boat, the Gerda III, as a home away from home. She loves sailing the waters between Denmark and Sweden, carried along by the salt breeze. But when Nazi rule tightens in Copenhagen, Henny joins the resistance. And when Hitler orders the Gestapo to round up all Jewish citizens, Henny realizes that the Gerda III isnt just a boatits a means of escape for her Jewish neighbours. Safety...
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