Swing Kids (film)

Swing Kids is a 1993 American film directed by Thomas Carter, and stars Christian Bale, Robert Sean Leonard and Frank Whaley. In preWorld War II Germany, two high school students, Peter Mller and Thomas Berger, attempt to be swing kids by night and Hitler Youth by day, a decision that acutely impacts their friends and families. The film received mostly negative reviews.

Peter goes home to find his mother in an argument with a Nazi officer. Herr Knopp, head of the local Gestapo, arrives and curtly dismisses the officer. Herr Knopp begins asking Frau Mller questions about some of her late husbands friends. Herr Mller had been accused of being a communist, and was irreparably damaged by an interrogation at the hands of Nazi agents.At Arvids house, Thomas accidentally ruins one of Arvids prized records. Upset, Arvid kicks Thomas, Peter, and Otto out. To apologize to Arvid, Peter and Thomas steal a radio which Peter knows was stolen from a ransacked Jewish home from a bakery. Thomas escapes, but Peter is caught. Herr Knopp, who is attracted to Peters mother, intercedes for him in return, Peter must enroll in the Hitlerjugend HJ. ........

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