In a world on the brink of war. You either march to one tune or dance to another.
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
- Harm to children
- Suicide or self-harm
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and overwhelming.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Robert Sean LeonardPeter Müller
- Christian BaleThomas Berger
- Frank WhaleyArvid
- Barbara HersheyFrau Müller
- Tushka BergenEvey
- David TomWilli Müller
- Mary FogartyMama Klara Müller
- Kenneth BranaghHerr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
- Noah WyleEmil Lutz
- Martin ClunesBannführer
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- Thomas CarterDirector
- Jonathan Marc FeldmanScreenplay
- Jerzy ZielińskiDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Michael R. MillerEditor
- Mark GordonProducer
- John Bard ManulisProducer
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