When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit While the title may draw obvious comparisons with Taika Waititi’s Academy Award-winning effort, this is actually based on Judith Kerr’s much loved, barely fictionalised 1971 book, which was inspired by her own childhood. As in the novel, the action takes place well before World War II, with nine-year-old Anna Kemper’s (Riva Krymalowski) thrown into chaos by the prospect of an Adolf Hitler victory in the 1933 German elections. An outspoken critic of the newly appointed German chancellor through his columns and radio broadcasts, Anna’s father Arthur (Oliver Masucci) had already fled to Switzerland and now the rest of the family have been advised to quickly follow suit. But necessarily packing lightly, means leaving behind most of Anna’s beloved toys, including her cherished pink rabbit. While she adjusts to life in a foreign land, she knows that even there their safety and security is not guaranteed.
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