Adapted from a novel by Roland Schütt. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. A foreign film (Sweden). Reformatted for television. Digitally mastered. Jesper Salén, Stellan Skarsgård, Basia Frydman, Niclas Olund, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Ernst Günther, Axel Düberg, Reine Brynolfsson.
Summary:
Twelve-year-old Roland's mother is a Russian Jew and his father is a Socialist. Living in a Swedish society that considers his father's politics to be treason and his mother's religion blasphemy, Roland is the victim of ceaseless bullying and prejudice, but he's a survivor and a budding inventor, producing a powerful slingshot out of wire and his mother's contraband condoms. He ultimately seizes on an ingenious way to turn the tables on his oppressors.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.