Summer of My German Soldier (1986)

Patty Bergen is a teenager in a Jewish family living in the American South during World War II Patty feels like an outcast even in her own family and is unable to understand why her father cant seem to love her Her town eventually becomes host to a prisoner of war camp A young German soldier escapes from this camp and Patty finds him hiding in her secret place in the woods outside of town After getting to know him she ends up harboring him from his captors and in the way of many adolescents falls in love with him Patty knows what she is risking by helping him but in his company she feels important special and respected as she has never been In the end his regard lifts her selfesteem and helps her to face the heartbreaking events to come