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Summer of My German Soldier (1978)

Summer of My German Soldier (1978)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1978, October 30
Directors: Michael Tuchner
Countries: United States of America
Production: Highgate Pictures, Highgate Pictures, NBC Productions, NBC Productions
Cast: Sonny Shroyer, Bruce Davison, Barbara Barrie, Esther Rolle, Robyn Lively, Anne Haney, G.W. Bailey, J. Don Ferguson, Mary Nell Santacroce, Michael Constantine, James Noble, Margaret Hall

Overview:

Patty Bergen is a teenager in a Jewish family living in the American South during World War II. Patty feels like an outcast even in her own family and is unable to understand why her father can't seem to love her. Her town eventually becomes host to a prisoner of war camp. A young German soldier escapes from this camp, and Patty finds him hiding in her secret place in the woods outside of town. After getting to know him, she ends up harboring him from his captors and, in the way of many adolescents, falls in love with him. Patty knows what she is risking by helping him, but in his company, she feels important, special, and respected as she has never been. In the end, his regard lifts her self-esteem and helps her to face the heartbreaking events to come.