Swing Kids - Giovani ribelli (1993)
Ad Amburgo nel 1939, mentre Hitler sta portando la Germania verso la guerra, i ragazzi iscritti alla Hitlerjugend, sottoposti ad una severa disciplina, vengono spinti da una propaganda al fanatismo verso il Fuhrer e all'odio verso gli ebrei. Ma un gruppo di giovani tedeschi ribelli detti "Swing Kids", entusiasti della musica da ballo americana, ascoltano di nascosto dischi di Benny Goodman, Count Basic, vestono elegantemente all'inglese, portano i capelli piuttosto lunghi. Essi fanno della swing un simbolo di rivolta. Tre di loro, studenti diciassettenni, – Peter Muller, figlio di un grande violinista classico, morto in una prigione nazista; Thomas Berger, di ricca famiglia borghese e Arvid, un ebreo claudicante, chitarrista abilissimo e collezionista di dischi di swing – dovranno presto scontrarsi con la realtà del regime nazista e fare scelte determinanti...
Direttore:
Thomas Carter
Scrittore:
Jonathan Marc Feldman
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Robert Sean Leonard as Peter Müller |
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Christian Bale as Thomas Berger |
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Frank Whaley as Arvid |
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Barbara Hershey as Frau Müller |
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Tushka Bergen as Evey |
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David Tom as Willi Müller |
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Mary Fogarty as Mama Klara Müller |
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Kenneth Branagh as Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited) |
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Noah Wyle as Emil Lutz |
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Martin Clunes as Bannführer |
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Jessica Hynes as Helga |
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David Robb as Dr. Dietrich Berger |
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Sean Pertwee as Gestapo Arresting Berger |
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Julia Stemberger as Frau Linge |
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Jayce Bartok as Otto |
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Johan Leysen as Herr Schumler |
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Douglas Roberts as Hinz |
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Carl Brincat as HJ Thug |
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Karel Bělohradský as Bismarck Owner |
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Peter Baikie as Bismarck Bandleader |
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Lucie Vačkářová-Gančeva as Swing Girl with Peter |
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Jiří Málek as Jewish Boy |
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Metin Yenal as Customer in Bookshop |
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Marek Libert as Whistling HJ |
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Naďa Konvalinková as Pastry Shop Owner |
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David Robb as Dr. Berger |
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Ciaran Madden as Frau Berger |
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Hana Čížková as Frau Keppler |
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John Streitburger as Dr. Keppler |
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Petr Lepša as Café Trichter Owner |
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Warnar Van Eeden as Trichter Bandleader |
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Andrew Kitchen as Gestapo at Trichter |
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Jeremy Bulloch as Small Club Owner |
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Jochen Horst as Speaker at HJ Rally |
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John Pirkis as Gestapo with Ashes |
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Vladimír Matějček as Funeral Pastor |
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Eliza Clark as Girl with Ashes |
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Kate Buffery as Woman with Ashes |
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Sabine Skalla as Café Bismarck Singer |
| Production | John Bard Manulis | Producer |
| Camera | Jerzy Zieliński | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael R. Miller | Editor |
| Directing | Thomas Carter | Director |
| Production | Mark Gordon | Producer |
| Production | Chris Meledandri | Executive Producer |
| Production | Frank Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Jonathan Marc Feldman | Screenplay |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Allan Cameron | Production Design |
| Art | Tony Reading | Art Direction |
| Sound | Howell Gibbens | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jenny Beavan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colin Jamison | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Denise Whiting | ADR Editor |
| Art | Steve Spence | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tereza Mala | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Michal Krška | Art Direction |
| Sound | Suhail Kafity | Sound Editor |
| Production | Harry Benn | Co-Producer |
| Production | Deborah Aquila | Casting |
| Sound | Doc Kane | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Victoria Martin | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Jamison | Hairstylist |
| Sound | David E. Campbell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Allen Hurd | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | David Gertz | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | John T. Reitz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Midge Costin | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Matthew Harrison | Foley Editor |
| Art | Ros Shingleton | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Engelen | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleš Kocián | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Tim Wooster | First Assistant Camera |