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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.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Michael Tuchner
- 1978-10-30
NBC. Release. October 30, 1978. ( 1978-10-30) 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
Summer of My German Soldier 1978 1 hr. 38 min. Romance List Reviews 90% 100+ Ratings Audience Score While World War II rages, Patty Bergen (Kristy McNichol) lives in rural Georgia with...
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- Kristy Mcnichol, Bruce Davison, Esther Rolle
- Michael Tuchner
1978. 1 hr 38 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Story about the relationship between a Jewish girl (Kristy McNichol) and an escaped German POW (Bruce Davison) in World War II Georgia. Esther Rolle,...
- 3 min
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...
- Michael Tuchner
- Jane Hickey
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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.
Oct 29, 1978 · Synopsis by Hal Erickson. 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. Bruce Davison plays Anton Reiker, a German POW assigned to work at a local farm.