Harold May, an excellent Jewish-American tap dancer, on tour in Europe with his company, receives an offer from a German that is difficult to pass up: a large sum to put on a show in Berlin. The German does not know that Harold is of Jewish origins; the year is 1937 and, once they arrive in Germany, the company discovers that he will have to perform in the presence of Adolf Hitler.
Acting
Jeremy Piven's desperate physicality sells every terrified shuffle.
Direction
Piven turns tap sequences into sweat-drenched survival mechanisms.
Director
Shira Piven
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jeremy Piven trained for six months with a Broadway tap coach, insisting on performing all dance sequences himself.
The film deliberately echoes the real 'Entartete Kunst' purges, where Jewish performers faced impossible choices between exile, hiding, or collaboration.
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