Like others, I'm amazed at the relatively low score this movie has received.
It's one of the best films about this period, and tells an incredible, unique story about overcoming all odds.
Having read the book a few years ago, I was afraid the movie might be kitschy and too feel-good, like many adaptations.
But the movie succeeds in being authentic, and in capturing the amazing tale in less than two hours.
There were some changes from the book, but they did not spoil or change the story dramatically.
Funnily enough, the line used in the title of both book and movie, "Run, boy, run," does not appear in the movie.
Srulik was taken in by farmers, only for the man to lock Srulik in a room while he went to fetch the Germans.
The wife broke down the door, let Srulik out and told him this memorable line.
Also, the Gestapo soldier, played Better Call Saul's Werner Ziegler, did not meet Srulik at the farm. In reality, Srulik was returned to the same Gestapo base a short while after his escape, where the Gestapo officer took pity on him and sent him to work for his girlfriend, in what is surely the most shocking part of the story.
Please watch this movie and recommend it - it's worth your while.
It's one of the best films about this period, and tells an incredible, unique story about overcoming all odds.
Having read the book a few years ago, I was afraid the movie might be kitschy and too feel-good, like many adaptations.
But the movie succeeds in being authentic, and in capturing the amazing tale in less than two hours.
There were some changes from the book, but they did not spoil or change the story dramatically.
Funnily enough, the line used in the title of both book and movie, "Run, boy, run," does not appear in the movie.
Srulik was taken in by farmers, only for the man to lock Srulik in a room while he went to fetch the Germans.
The wife broke down the door, let Srulik out and told him this memorable line.
Also, the Gestapo soldier, played Better Call Saul's Werner Ziegler, did not meet Srulik at the farm. In reality, Srulik was returned to the same Gestapo base a short while after his escape, where the Gestapo officer took pity on him and sent him to work for his girlfriend, in what is surely the most shocking part of the story.
Please watch this movie and recommend it - it's worth your while.