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The film tells the story of Salomon “Sally” Perel. Following the “Reichskristallnacht”, the Perels escape to Lódz; but when Hitler overruns Poland, Sally ends up alone in Russia. In an orphanage there, he is reared to be a good communist. During Hitler’s Russia-campaign he is captured by German soldiers. He survives by claiming to be German-born and abducted by the Russians. At the age of 16, he joins the army and is educated at an elite Nazi-Academy… The film became a hit in the US and won a Golden Globe Award as Best Foreign Film.
Hitlerjunge Salomon / Hitlerjunge Salomon
DEU, FRA, POL 1989 / 113 min
Director: Agnieszka Holland
- Screenplay: Małgorzata Zdziarska
- Cinematographer: Jacek Petrycki
- Editor: Ewa Smal
- Music: Zbigniew Preisner
- Cast: Salomon Perel,Marco Hofschneider,René Hofschneider,Pjotr Kozlowski,Klaus Abramowsky
- Producer: Artur Brauner,Margaret Ménégoz
- Production Company: CCC Filmkunst - Berlin,Les Films du Losange S.a.r.l. - Paris,Perspektywa Film - Warschau
- Rights Holder: CCC Filmkunst - Berlin
The film tells the story of Salomon “Sally” Perel. Following the “Reichskristallnacht”, the Perels escape to Lódz; but when Hitler overruns Poland, Sally ends up alone in Russia. In an orphanage there, he is reared to be a good communist. During Hitler’s Russia-campaign he is captured by German soldiers. He survives by claiming to be German-born and abducted by the Russians. At the age of 16, he joins the army and is educated at an elite Nazi-Academy… The film became a hit in the US and won a Golden Globe Award as Best Foreign Film.
- Screenplay: Małgorzata Zdziarska
- Cinematographer: Jacek Petrycki
- Editor: Ewa Smal
- Music: Zbigniew Preisner
- Cast: Salomon Perel,Marco Hofschneider,René Hofschneider,Pjotr Kozlowski,Klaus Abramowsky
- Producer: Artur Brauner,Margaret Ménégoz
- Production Company: CCC Filmkunst - Berlin,Les Films du Losange S.a.r.l. - Paris,Perspektywa Film - Warschau
- Rights Holder: CCC Filmkunst - Berlin