The World That Summer (1980)

7.0/10 103 min Drama

Overview

Adapted from the book by Robert Muller and based on his own experiences, this film recreates the Germany of 1936, when a young boy is trying to conceal his Jewish blood. The film shows how the Nazi ideology was absorbed into the fabric of people's lives.

Cast

Jan-Claudius Schwarzbauer

Hannes Hacker

Grete Wurm

Oma

Katrin Schaake

Mama

Hermann Lause

Papa

Christoph M. Ohrt

Dorn

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