Ok, one of the best - an extraordinary to capture what Hitler must have seemed like to a ten-year old boy ... enthralled with the Nazi movement, and his ever-present "companion," and a hatred of Jews - all bundled up in little boy who wants to do what's right. His loving mother, his absent father, and someone hidden upstairs, a town, a nation, all caught up in life and death moments.
Handled with delicate scripting, the story turns dark, and, sooner rather than later, the little boy comes face-to-face with the truth. All the children are incredible actors; a wonder to behold.
The questions here are profound. The cast is superb and brings it all off with unparalleled skill - from ironic humor to the darkest moments; with lessons for all on the power of a demagogue who, in the minds of the vulnerable, appears as a savior.
This is a movie not to miss.
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