Fort McCoy will be shown at the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival (June 11-19). More details on the festival’s site. According to their schedule, the film will be screened five times.
Based on a true story, 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. Frank’s young sister-in-law falls for a Jewish soldier haunted by the battle of Monte Cassino. Can their love overcome the obstacles to Jewish boys and Catholic girls in 1944?