Swing Kids Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Thomas Carter
Genres: Drama
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In 1939 Hamburg, Germany, a group of teenagers express their rebellion against Adolph Hitler's Nazi regime through their affection for American swing music, British fashion, and Harlem slang. American and British big-band jazz records are among those banned by the Fuhrer, but the young men secretly get together with their friends to listen and dance to the music. As their escapades become increasingly bold, they each get into trouble with the authorities. Robert_Sean_Leonard stars as Peter, who ends up being forced -- by a prank -- into having to join the Hitler Youth with his friend Thomas (Christian_Bale). They are both engineering students at the university, where Thomas' father was taken away for defending his Jewish colleagues. With Arvid (Frank_Whaley), they pretend to be Nazi supporters by day while rebelling with the swing music by night. Kenneth_Branagh, in an uncredited appearance, is a glib Nazi Gestapo chief who makes matters more difficult. Each of the boys must choose among family, safety, friendship, and freedom as politics impinges on their youthful exuberance, and the Nazis set them against one another. The movie was shot in Prague, directed by Thomas_Carter from a script by Jonathan_Marc_Feldman, and released by Disney. Barbara_Hershey appears as Peter's mother. Michael Betzold, Rovi
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