Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Robert Sean Leonard | ... | Peter Müller | |
Christian Bale | ... | Thomas Berger | |
Frank Whaley | ... | Arvid | |
Barbara Hershey | ... | Frau Müller | |
Tushka Bergen | ... | Evey | |
David Tom | ... | Willi Müller | |
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Julia Stemberger | ... | Frau Linge |
Jayce Bartok | ... | Otto | |
Noah Wyle | ... | Emil Lutz | |
Johan Leysen | ... | Herr Schumler | |
Douglas Roberts | ... | Herr Hinz | |
Martin Clunes | ... | Bannführer | |
Jessica Hynes | ... | Helga (as Jessica Stevenson) | |
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Carl Brincat | ... | H.J. Thug |
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Mary Fogarty | ... | Mama Klara Müller (as Mary Fogerty) |
A close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany listen to banned swing music from the U.S. Soon, dancing and fun lead to more difficult choices, as the Nazis begin tightening their grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival. Written by Susan Southall <stobchatay@aol.com>
Ok for you people who refer to all the Germans as "worthless human beings" and talk about how this movie didn't focus on the holocaust, etc....WAKE UP! The point of this movie was to give another perspective on the war. Not all Germans were souless killers. Throughout the movie you could see the consciences of the main characters being pushed and pulled about what was happening. Over here in Western culture, everything is portrayed in black and white: all the Germans were completely evil, and we were the good ones. No one is denying that the Germans committed some horrific atrocities, but there were some who resisted doing those crimes, and others who actually believed that they were morally in the right because of centuries of ingrained anti-semitism. Geez, North America was anti-semitic then too! Swing Kids looks at Germany from the inside, and the different forces that were at work. Everyone knows what happened during the Holocaust....this movie wasn't about that. I think people should look at all different viewpoints before classifying all the people in a certain group (ie all of the German nation) into one cubbyhole of evil.