Hitlerjunge Salomon (1990)

Hitlerjunge Salomon: Directed by Agnieszka Holland. With Marco Hofschneider, André Wilms, Ashley Wanninger, Klaus Abramowsky. A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.

“This was a pretty interesting u0026quot;true storyu0026quot; about a young man who escaped Jewish persecution by pretending to be a Russian and then being a German. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNeither the Germans nor Russians looked too good in here, which is understandable since it was the period of the Nazis and the Communists, respectively. The film makes no bones pointing out how the Nazis were bent on exterminating all Jews in Europe while the Russians were shown in all their anti-God propaganda. Another issue in this movie was u0026quot;circumcision,u0026quot; and no need to explain that.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was also interesting to see Julie Delpy as a 16-year-old. She didnu0026#39;t have the mature beauty she had as a full-grown woman in her 20s but she still was a looker. Marco Hofschneider was very good in the lead as the boyish-looking u0026quot;Solomon Petersu0026quot; aka a bunch of alias.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, I found it a good movie, one worth watching for sure, but questionable about adding to my fairly-large collection of films. However, now that itu0026#39;s out on DVD, perhaps Iu0026#39;ll re-consider.”