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A young girl is sent to live with Amish relatives in post-war Pennsylvania, where her life dramatically changes.
Acting
Susan McClung's wordless devastation in the birch grove scene.
Cinematography
Delbert Mann frames Amish farmland like grief itself—vast and isolating.

Director
Delbert Mann
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