---
title: 'Swing Kids (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Thomas Carter'
released: '1993-03-05'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/swing-kids-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108265/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Swing Kids (1993)

1993 · 112 min · Drama, War, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Swing Kids is a 1993 American historical drama film directed by Thomas Carter in his feature film debut, and starring Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey and Kenneth Branagh. The title refers to a youth subculture in Nazi Germany, in which teenagers embraced American and British swing music in defiance of the Nazi regime. The film follows two high school students in their attempt to be swing kids by night and Hitler Youth by day, a decision that acutely impacts their friends and families.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Thomas Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-carter)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner)
- **Producer:** [Mark Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-gordon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jerzy Zieliński](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-zielinski)
- **Editor:** [Michael R. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-r-miller)

## Cast

- [Christian Bale](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-bale)
- [Julia Stemberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-stemberger)
- [Martin Clunes](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-clunes)
- [David Tom](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-tom)
- [Petr Jákl](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-jakl)
- [Vladimír Matějček](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-matejcek)
- [Sean Pertwee](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-pertwee)
- [Robert Sean Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-sean-leonard)
- [Jayce Bartok](https://cinepixo.com/people/jayce-bartok)
- [Johan Leysen](https://cinepixo.com/people/johan-leysen)
- [Tushka Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tushka-bergen)
- [Barbara Hershey](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-hershey)
- [Hana Čížková](https://cinepixo.com/people/hana-cizkova)
- [Jochen Horst](https://cinepixo.com/people/jochen-horst)
- [Naďa Konvalinková](https://cinepixo.com/people/nada-konvalinkova)

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