Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 30, 1978Release Date
Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 30, 1978Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Kristy McNichol
Patty Bergen
Bruce Davison
Anton Reiker
Esther Rolle
Ruth
Barbara Barrie
Mrs. Bergen
Michael Constantine
Harry Bergen
Michael Tuchner
Director
James Noble
Pierce
Robyn Lively
Sharon Bergen
Bette Greene
Writer
Jane-Howard Hammerstein
Writer
Margaret Hall
Sister Parker
Linda Gottlieb
Producer
Anne Haney
Mrs. Benn
Stanley Myers
Composer
Sonny Shroyer
McFee
Peter Sova
Cinematographer
Jane Hickey
Edna Louise
Mary Nell Santacroce
Gussie Mae
Roy Morris
Freddy
William Ovell
Mayor Holderness
J. Don Ferguson
Mr. Jackson
Charles B. Jenkins
Private
Richard Mitchem
Gas Station Attendant
G.W. Bailey
Corporal
Harry Epstein
Temple Rabbi
Isaac Goodfriend
Temple Cantor
Patrizia von Brandenstein
Production Design
Julie Hughes
Casting
Barry Moss
Casting
Mike Taylor
Editor
David Forrest
Makeup Artist
Carl Copeland
Art Direction
Details.
Wiki.
Summer of My German Soldier is a 1978 American television film based on the 1973 novel of the same name written by Bette Greene. Set during World War II, it stars Kristy McNichol as a Jewish-American girl and Bruce Davison as the German prisoner of war whom she befriends.