7.4/10
IMDB Rating : 7.4
FD Smart Rating : 7.4
Synopsis : When an aspiring boxer is recruited to train with the Nazis, he eagerly accepts -- despite the objections of his father, who adamantly opposes Hitler.
Regions Available ( 3 ) :
Austria
, Germany
, Switzerland
Gerald Alexander Held , Devid Striesow , Florian Stetter , Justus von Dohnanyi , Michael Schenk , Max Riemelt , Tom Schilling , Joachim Bissmeier , Jonas Jagermeyr , Leon A. Kersten
German , German [Original]
German
Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
2004
1h49m
Suitable for age 12 or older.
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) - high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls, seeing this as his ticket out of factory life to university and a good salary. During his year in seventh column (fifth form), this innocence is altered as Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education; a night in the forest hunting for escaped Russian POWs brings things to a head.