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