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

(1977)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 8 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1977

Runtime: 72 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: John Korty

Cast: Сидни Уолкер, Генри Уинклер

Plot

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.