Movie Name: Swing Kids Casting By: Robert Sean Leonard - Peter Müller Christian Bale - Thomas Berger Released: March 5, 1993 Genre: Musical and War Runtime: 114 min. Rating: PG-13 Director(s): Thomas Carter Producer(s): Mark Gordon, John Bard Manulis Writer(s): Jonathan Marc Feldman Distribution: Hollywood Pictures U.S. Box Office: $5,371,714 Country: United States Language: English
Movie Review
Swing Kids is a film produced in 1993 and directed by Thomas Carter. The runtime is approximately 114 minutes and the main actors include:
Robert Sean Leonard as Peter Müller Christian Bale as Thomas Berger Frank Whaley as Arvid Barbara Hershey as Frau Müller Kenneth Branagh as Herr Knopp (uncredited) Julia Stemberger as Frau Linge.
In pre-World War II Germany, Swing music becomes the underground movement of young people. Two high school students, played by Robert Sean Leonard and Christian Bale, attempt to be Swing Kids by night and Hitler Youth by day. The impact of this decision is felt acutely by their friends and families. A seemingly charming but intimidating Gestapo officer Herr Knopp (Kenneth Branagh in an uncredited role) complicates grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival. This is the story of one group of Swing Kids and how Nazi rule and persuasion tore them apart and set them against each other.
"In a world on the brink of war. You either march to one tune or dance to another."
