# Swing Kids (1993)

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**Runtime**: 112 min
**Genres**: Music, Drama
**Directed by**: Thomas Carter
**Written by**: Jonathan Marc Feldman
**Starring**: Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey, Tushka Bergen, David Tom

> *In a world on the brink of war. You either march to one tune or dance to another.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Cabaret" without Nazis. German teens discover American swing music just as the Third Reich rises. Friendship gets tested by propaganda and conscription. Robert Sean Leonard is aces, but Barbara Hershey adds needed gravitas.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, tender

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