SYNOPSIS
Frank Stirn (Eric Stoltz) moves with his family to become a barber for the American Army and POW camp at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1944. Embittered that he cannot fight, Frank must take a stand when a Nazi SS Officer threatens his wife (Kate Connor, playing her real-life grandmother). Her Catholic sister (Lyndsy Fonseca) falls for a Jewish soldier (Andy Hirsch) haunted by the battle of Monte Cassino and the death of his best friend (Matthew Lawrence). Their audacious friend (Camryn Manheim) encourages the couple, while the local priest (Seymour Cassel) cannot. Frank's daughter befriends a German prisoner boy during this magical summer, but war still finds its victims even thousands of miles from the battlefields in rural America.
- Kate ConnorRuby Stirn
- Michael WorthDrunk Soldier
- Eric StoltzFrank Stirn
- Lyndsy FonsecaAnna Gerkey
- Andy HirschSam Dolnick
- Camryn ManheimFlorie
- Seymour CasselFather Mivkovek
- Brendan FehrSgt. Dominic Rossi
- Gara LonningGertie Stirn
- Johnny PacarTexas Slim
- Matthew LawrenceDan Griffin
- Mark MetcalfMr. Gerkey
- Marty BackstrandLester Stirn
- Margot FarleyDelilah
- Rene HegerWerner
- Mara ConnorMilli / Gertie Stirn Narrator
- Josh ZabelHeinrich
- John PollonoBud Gerkey
- David PaluckBob
- Joel MarshallRonald
- Adria TennorLolly
- Sean McDevittMajor Baxter
- Cathy SullivanMrs. Gerkey
- Connor LonningYoung G.I.
- Bennett A. MyersJapanese PW