Summary Two young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don't realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish doctor and the other the son of a German aristocrat. After that summer and the election of Hitler, things change as anti-semitism gains fervor. After the core of the film deals with that era, the film flashes to the present and the Jewish man now returns to his boyhood home and seeks his old friend with some surprises. View more details
Directed : Jerry Schatzberg
Written : Harold Pinter Fred Uhlman
Stars : Jason Robards Christien Anholt Samuel West Françoise Fabian
Genres : Drama History
Release date : Jul 5, 1990
Countries of origin : United Kingdom France West Germany
Language : English German
Filming locations : Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Production companies : Les Films Ariane France 3 Cinéma NEF Filmproduktion & Vertrieb (I)
Summary Two young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don't realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish doctor and the other the son of a German aristocrat. After that summer and the election of Hitler, things change as anti-semitism gains fervor. After the core of the film deals with that era, the film flashes to the present and the Jewish man now returns to his boyhood home and seeks his old friend with some surprises. View more details
Genres : Drama History
Release date : Jul 5, 1990
Countries of origin : United Kingdom France West Germany
Language : English German
Filming locations : Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Production companies : Les Films Ariane France 3 Cinéma NEF Filmproduktion & Vertrieb (I)
