Heräävä elämä was released in the year 1963。Heräävä elämä is also called as A Child Is Waiting, Väntande barn, Un enfant attend, Minha Esperança É Você, Kind wartet, Esclusi, Ángeles sin paraíso。

Jean Hansen comes to a school for disabled children to work there as a teacher. She becomes especially interested in young Reuben, an autistic boy whose parents have not visited him for several years. But the school principal, Dr. Clark does not appreciate her keen interest.

Heräävä elämä actors and actresses include Bill Mumy, Burt Lancaster, Butch Patrick, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes。