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As the Korean War rages, a group of prisoners puts on a tap show at their POW camp and find friendship through their shared love of dance. Watch trailers & learn more.
Nowadays, the term “swing kids” is usually used to describe the phenomenon based on a 1993 Hollywood feature film of the same name. While not a huge box office success, the film influenced the swing revival of the late 90s and early 2000s by telling the fictionalized story of a group of teenagers in Nazi Germany.
The "swing kids" in the movie are German teens between the ages of 14-18 who grow their hair out long and go out dancing all night in swing clubs and live by their motto: "Swing Heil". Obviously teens being rebellious is dangerous enough but the swing kids are engaging in the celebration of American culture, even much of the music they listen ...
Dec 24, 2018 · “Swing Kids” is an unfortunate choice of title, recalling as it does the disastrous 1993 film of the same name, in which a pair of Hitler Youth recruits swirled around the underground swing ...
Synopsis of the film. Set in 1939 Hamburg, “Swing Kids” follows three friends who rebel against the strict conformity of the Hitler Youth by immersing themselves in their love for swing music. As they indulge in jazz and dance amidst the war-torn backdrop of Nazi Germany, Peter’s inner struggle between youthful rebellion and conformity ...
Rent Swing Kids on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. American big-band jazz beats in the hearts of young German friends (Robert Sean Leonard, Christian ...
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Dec 24, 2018 · Film Review: ‘Swing Kids’. Tap dance fever collides with Korean War trauma in Kang Hyeong-Cheol's overlong but intriguingly oddball exercise in genre fusion. By Guy Lodge. Courtesy of ...
