Completed - ENGLISH - Biography, Historical, Drama - 99 minutes
The remarkable TRUE survival story of a Jewish boy hiding in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe during WWII. Based on the best-selling memoir THE BOY IN THE WOODS by Maxwell Smart and inspired by the award-winning feature documentary CHEATING HITLER by Rebecca Snow.*SCREENING AT EFM
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Rebecca SNOW Writer(s) : Rebecca SNOW Cast : Jett KLYNE, Richard ARMITAGE Producer(s) : Robert BUDREAU (Lumanity Productions), Jonathan BRONFMAN, Andrew BRONFMAN
THE BOY IN THE WOODS follows the true story of Max (Jett Klyne), a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution in Eastern Europe. After he is separated from his family, Max finds refuge with a Christian peasant Jasko (Richard Armitage) who hides him in plain site until a tense stand-off with some Nazi police. Afraid for his own family's life, Jasko sends Max to live in the woods where he learns to survive alone. With echoes of a Grimm's Fairy Tale, Max's experience is both terrifying and magical. He inhabits a landscape crawling with Jew-hunters, partisans and haunted by ghosts. Then everything changes when he meets another boy in hiding, Yanek (David Kohlsmith). Their extraordinary adventure culminates in the heroic rescue of a baby girl, but it comes at a tragic price. Based on the best-selling memoir by Canadian Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart and inspired by the award-winning documentary Cheating Hitler: Surviving The Holocaust.
Country(ies) : USA, CANADA
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miami jewish film festival 2024 (Torchbearer Award)