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Title: Swing Kids (1993)
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| 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 US. Soon dancing and fun lead to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the 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>
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Anyone who has stepped on to the dance floor with a live swing band playing knows just how well Swing Kids captures the electricity of a night of swing. Anyone who has strapped on their best duds an hour earlier knows knows the romance and anticipation captured perfectly as Peter Muller (Robert Sean Leonard) dresses for his last night of swing. This movie was in no small measure part of the impetus for the swing revival in the mid 90's, and I personally get "in the mood" for a night of cuttin' rug with Janis Siegel's incredible rendition of "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" from the film. But what makes this film truly superlative is its honest dealings with ordinary Germans' motivations for complacency towards or participation in Nazism. In Nazi Germany it was in everybody's best interest (save the Jews) to play along. From Peter's mother who just wants her to children live happily and avoid the terrible fate of their father to Thomas Berger (Christian Bale) who finds acceptance and encouragement for the first time, they do so for the reasons that would tempt each of us sorely. The horrible truth of the Holocaust is that, like the Germans, very few of us possess the selflessness and moral courage it would have required to oppose the evil tide of Nazism. Swing Kids is almost alone in its portrayal of this chilling truth among Holocaust and World War II films. Robert Sean Leonard's portrayal of this moral struggle for understanding and courage is very moving. (Of course, there's noone better at playing angst-ridden. c.f. Dead Poet's Society.) As he dances his last dance, with the weight of the world on his shoulders, the world spinning around him, he finds a rare kind of release that is perhaps found only on the dance floor. And yes, his brother's cries, "Swing Heil! Swing Heil!", in the final scene give me a lump in the throat every time. For all these reasons and more, Swing Kids is an excellent film.