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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.
- Highgate Pictures
- Stanley Myers
Oct 30, 1978 · Summer of My German Soldier: Directed by Michael Tuchner. With Kristy McNichol, Bruce Davison, Esther Rolle, Michael Constantine. A young American girl meets a German prisoner of war.
- (447)
- Drama, Romance, War
- Michael Tuchner
- 1978-10-30
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When a group of German POWs visits her father's department store, Patricia meets Fredrick Anton Reiker, a rifleman who comes from Göttingen, but is half-English. His English-educated father is a professor of history who gets into trouble for making fun of Hitler in lectures.
- Bette Greene
- 230 (sometimes 193 in paperback)
- 1973
- 1973
Dec 31, 2014 · 1978-10-30. Topics. Kristy McNichol, 70s, Germany, soldiers, Esther Rolle, Bette Greene. Language. English. Despite its far-fetched plotline, the made-for-TV Summer of My German Soldier was popular with audiences and critics alike. The film is set in Georgia during World War II.
- 98 min
- 769
- 1970s channel
Summer of My German Soldier. While World War II rages, Patty Bergen (Kristy McNichol) lives in rural Georgia with her family. One day, the young Jewish girl makes a surprising discovery:...
A bittersweet story of a teenage Jewish girl who falls in love with an escaped Nazi prisoner of war in a small Georgia town during World War II. Esther Rolle won the Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special for her performance in this film which also was nominated as...