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Swing Kids (feat young Christian Bale & Robert Sean Leonard)



Setting the scene:

In the late 1930s - early 1940s, social groups or gangs called "Swing Jugen" or Swing Kids rebeled against the Nazi regime as they watched their freedoms get stripped away. To show their contempt, hatred, and resistance, they used Swing music, American culture and British fashion to rebel against Nazi authority in every way. Many were involved in the underground resistance, forming violent gangs revolting with force against Nazis around Germany and spying for the Allies. Others, unfortunately gave into pressure of the Hitler youth recruiting or were forced against their will to join the HJ, "Hitler Jugen". Youth Hitler law enforcement trained early to become soldiers."

The character played by RSL was in one of those groups with Bale and Bale was lured away into the HJ turning once best friends against one another. The scene previous to this one shows him slowly and methodically dressing to the intro of the song that this scene opens with. RSL goes to the club to blow some steam after the realization he lost his best friend to the Nazis. That same night the Gestapo have a raid planned on the club and it forces RSL and Bale to confront one another.

This whole movie is great.