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Summer of My German Soldier is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 29 october 1978 with Kristy McNichol

Summer of My German Soldier (1978)

Summer of My German Soldier
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Released in USA 29 october 1978
Length 1h40
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating77% 3.8691553.8691553.8691553.8691553.869155

Summer of My German Soldier is a 1978 made-for-TV movie based on the novel of the same name written by Bette Greene. It stars Kristy McNichol as a Jewish-American girl and Bruce Davison as the German prisoner of war whom she befriends.

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Twelve-year-old Patty Bergen lives in Jenkinsville, Arkansas, during World War II. Patty's family owns the local clothing and general supplies store, in which Patty occasionally works. Patty's abusive father and uncaring mother have little time for her, instead favoring her younger sister Sharon. However, Patty does have a friend in the family's black, middle-aged housekeeper, Ruth.

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