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

5.9
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 72 min
  • Premiere: 1977. December 1.

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.

Discover

Sydney Walker

Narrator

Henry Winkler

Self - Host (Television Version)

Camera

Jon Else

Director of Photography

Directing

John Korty

Director

Editing

Production

Dan McCann

Producer

Mark L. Rosen

Producer

Henry Winkler

Executive Producer

John Korty

Producer

Shintaro Tsuji

Executive Producer

Sound

Ed Bogas

Music

Writing

Camera

Jon Else

Director of Photography

Directing

John Korty

Director

Editing

Production

Dan McCann

Producer

Mark L. Rosen

Producer

Henry Winkler

Executive Producer

John Korty

Producer

Shintaro Tsuji

Executive Producer

Sound

Ed Bogas

Music

Writing