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Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?

59% | Dec 01, 1977
Documentary

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? is a 1977 documentary film about Dorothy and Bob DeBolt, an American couple who adopted 14 children [12 at the start of filming], some of whom are severely disabled war orphans -- in addition to raising Dorothy's five biological children and Bob's biological daughter. The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

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Sydney Walker
Narrator
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Henry Winkler
Self - Host (Television Version)

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John Korty
Director
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Jon Else
Director of Photography
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Dan McCann
Producer
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Janet Peoples
Writer
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Warren Lockhart
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David Webb Peoples
Editor
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Mark L. Rosen
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Henry Winkler
Executive Producer
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Ed Bogas
Music
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John Korty
Producer
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Shintaro Tsuji
Executive Producer

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