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Film: Summer of My German Soldier (1978)

on BBC Two England

starring Kristy McNichol Bruce Davison
Described by American critics as 'a television masterpiece' and 'possibly the best movie ever made for television', this is one of the most moving and original love stories to reach the small screen. Patty Bergen is a young Jewish girl who befriends a Nazi soldier after he escapes from a PoW camp, in southern USA. Against the background of the FBI hunt, an intense bond develops between them.
Screenplay by Jane-Howard Hammerstein
Based on the book by Bette Greene Produced by Linda Gottlieb Directed by Michael Tuchner

BBC Two England

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