Sgt. Saunders and his squad are assigned to bomb German oil tanks and they stumble upon a barefoot starving French orphan called Bijou on the ruins of a village. Caje and the other soldiers feed him with rations and chocolate and when they leave the village, the boy follows them. They hide from a German patrol and when the get close to their target, they a surprised by a heavy machine gun nest. They succeed to kill the Germans and when Bijou arrives wearing a pair of German boots, Kirby suspects that Bijou is an informer but Caje and the squad do not agree. Is Bijou only a survivor or an informer?
"The Little Jewel" is an episode that shows how cruel a war is with the children. Bijou is an orphan that fights to survive and Caje gives a moral and survival lesson to Kirby when they discuss Bijou's honesty in times of war. Bijou, in English, means the little jewel of the title but the Brazilian translator transformed Jewel in Jew (see the Brazilian title below). My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Pequeno Judeu" ("The Little Jew")
"The Little Jewel" is an episode that shows how cruel a war is with the children. Bijou is an orphan that fights to survive and Caje gives a moral and survival lesson to Kirby when they discuss Bijou's honesty in times of war. Bijou, in English, means the little jewel of the title but the Brazilian translator transformed Jewel in Jew (see the Brazilian title below). My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Pequeno Judeu" ("The Little Jew")