LYCOS RETRIEVER
Haley Joel Osment
built 635 days ago
As Nazi troops invade Poland, a young Jewish boy from Krakow named Romek (Haley Joel Osment) is taken to a rural community, where a sympathetic farming family has agreed to put him up. Thanks to his blonde hair and blue eyes, Romek is able to blend in with the largely Catholic townsfolk, though a few of the neighbors become quite suspicious when Romek appears not to know elementary prayers and church procedures. The priest (Willem Dafoe) of the neighborhood's church becomes aware of Romek's secret, and is sympathetic to the boy's problems, so in secret, he coaches Romek in basic catechism, while remaining mindful of the lad's Jewish heritage. But while Romek is getting better at fooling others into believing he's Catholic, he can't escape the signs of the devastation that the Nazi onslaught has wrought against his people.
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