Movie
Swing Kids
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1993-03-05
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Music, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hollywood Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1, The Mark Gordon Company, John Bard Manulis Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Sean Leonard as Peter Müller
- Christian Bale as Thomas Berger
- Frank Whaley as Arvid
- Barbara Hershey as Frau Müller
- Tushka Bergen as Evey
- David Tom as Willi Müller
- Mary Fogarty as Mama Klara Müller
- Kenneth Branagh as Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
- Noah Wyle as Emil Lutz
- Martin Clunes as Bannführer
- Jessica Hynes as Helga
- David Robb as Dr. Dietrich Berger
Crew
- Thomas Carter - Director
- Jonathan Marc Feldman - Screenplay
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