Summer of My German Soldier (film)
| Summer of My German Soldier | |
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| Genre | Drama Romance Historical |
| Based on | Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene |
| Screenplay by | Jane-Howard Hammerstein |
| Directed by | Michael Tuchner |
| Starring | Kristy McNichol Bruce Davison Esther Rolle Michael Constantine |
| Music by | Stanley Myers |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Linda Gottlieb |
| Production locations | Crawfordville, Georgia Madison, Georgia Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California |
| Cinematography | Peter Sova |
| Editor | Michael Taylor |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company | Highgate Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | October 30, 1978 |
Summer of My German Soldier is a 1978 American television film based on the 1973 novel of the same name written by Bette Greene. Set during World War II, it stars Kristy McNichol as a Jewish-American girl and Bruce Davison as the German prisoner of war whom she befriends.