Swing Kids
United States
1993
114 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Kids all over the world want to rebel, and close friends Peter (Robert Sean Leonard) and Thomas (Christian Bale) — although they’re growing up in Nazi Germany — are no different. But their rebellion against conformity took the hip form of listening to banned American swing music. Their friendship and their mutual sense of right and wrong are put to the test, however, when an innocent prank forces Peter into the Hitler Youth.
Terrific film. Except for that Robert Sean Leonard looks obviously American and has no chance pulling off a convincing German teenager role. Christian Bale did a much better job, making a great Nazi kid.