
Jacek, who is Jewish, miraculously manages to survive World War II in Nazi-occupied Poland. As a subplot to Jacek's story, which also involves a love affair with Haling ( Kyra Sedgwick ) and German soldiers' repeated attempts to kill him, is a tale of how young kids in the Warsaw ghetto devise their own method of fighting oppression.

as Jacek Szteinman

as Halina

as Aron Szteinman

as Zlatka Eisner

as Masha

as Hela

as Lutek

as Yankele

as Sevek

as Esther

as Marek

as Warszawski

as Oskar Kohn

as Franek

as Reb Shulem

as Sarge

as Elie

as Band Leader

as Singer / Mother