I've been watching so many movies, I've grown lazy about putting a post here about them. So I'll start at the last and move backwards to cover the ground I've lost.:)
This is a movie about the secret life of an 8 yr old.
He's the son of a Nazi Officer running a Concentration 'work' Camp for Jews. Being a gregarious and adventurous boy, he sneaks out and gets a friend - a jewish boy prisoner. Neither of them understand very much of why they're on either side of an electrified fence, but they're both lonely and afraid of punishment.
Anyway, their bond grows without any of the adults knowing about it. The parents are on the brink of divorce when the wife learns what her husband does. Even the son goes through a crisis of conscience about whether his father is a 'good man' or a 'bad man'.
We see a lot of the everyday persecution of jews beyond prison walls, and the uncomprehending acceptance by the children of their circumstances.
There's a twist in the end which would be a spoiler to give away - but it's very sad. The boy decides to join the camp since he saw an exciting propaganda film his father had created from the camp detailing the fun the prisoners had in the evenings, the canteens and restaurants, etc.
The movie is really very karmic with the innocent boy being a victim of the consequences of adult deception and hubris.
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