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During World War II in Newcastle, Helen Stott’s family muddles through home-front life. Her younger sister Joyce vacillates over marrying Eric before he is posted abroad, while Helen hides her own romantic frustration and the elders pursue their diversions; the family mistakes a kettle whistle for an air raid.
In 1930s Frankfurt, liberal literature professor John Halder believes he can steer the Nazis toward humane policies. His vanity, careerism, and moral detachment gradually draw him into the party and its crimes, including book burnings, euthanasia experiments, Kristallnacht, and the genocide at Auschwitz, where his Jewish friend Maurice is deported.
Ten-year-old Malcolm, convinced he is Elvis Presley reincarnated, runs away toward Memphis and instead meets Michael, a boy with severe brain damage who cannot speak; with help from their friends, the boys find a way to take Michael sailing, and Malcolm no longer needs to pretend to be Elvis.
A Glasgow rock-and-reel group called the Keelies is discovered in rural Ballachulish and made famous by a London promoter. Their manager pushes them to sing socialist songs, then abandons those ideals as success changes him; the band and its fans are drawn into a satirical conflict between political factions and commercial exploitation.
During World War II in Newcastle, Helen Stott’s family muddles through home-front life. Her younger sister Joyce vacillates over marrying Eric before he is posted abroad, while Helen hides her own romantic frustration and the elders pursue their diversions; the family mistakes a kettle whistle for an air raid.
In 1930s Frankfurt, liberal literature professor John Halder believes he can steer the Nazis toward humane policies. His vanity, careerism, and moral detachment gradually draw him into the party and its crimes, including book burnings, euthanasia experiments, Kristallnacht, and the genocide at Auschwitz, where his Jewish friend Maurice is deported.
Ten-year-old Malcolm, convinced he is Elvis Presley reincarnated, runs away toward Memphis and instead meets Michael, a boy with severe brain damage who cannot speak; with help from their friends, the boys find a way to take Michael sailing, and Malcolm no longer needs to pretend to be Elvis.
A Glasgow rock-and-reel group called the Keelies is discovered in rural Ballachulish and made famous by a London promoter. Their manager pushes them to sing socialist songs, then abandons those ideals as success changes him; the band and its fans are drawn into a satirical conflict between political factions and commercial exploitation.