The read
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. Most of the 88 1990s music movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads 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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
Metacritic39/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
256 audience votes
Key crew
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Thomas CarterDirector
- Jonathan Marc FeldmanScreenplay
Cast
- Robert Sean LeonardPeter Müller
- Christian BaleThomas Berger
- Frank WhaleyArvid
- Barbara HersheyFrau Müller
- Tushka BergenEvey
- David TomWilli Müller
- Mary FogartyMama Klara Müller
- Kenneth BranaghHerr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited)
- Noah WyleEmil Lutz
- Martin ClunesBannführer
- Jessica HynesHelga
- David RobbDr. Dietrich Berger
