A Jewish boy, separated from his family in the early days of WWII, poses as a German orphan and is thereafter taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a ‘war hero’ and eventually made a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are cornerstones of the film, it is based upon a true story.<\/p>\n

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In the tradition of Voltaire’s Candide and Jerzy Kosinski’s The Painted Bird.<\/p>\n

Agnieszka Holland<\/p>\n

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Germany<\/p>\n

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