i do not know if the story true it might be . make you think . at time make you even feel that it be real right in very front of you . i find myself from all the hiding game . the boy event be partly an adventure playing hide and seek with the gestapo ( panther ) all by himself with his assistant snow ( friday ) . and partly a nightmare where the war grip everything away and leave you no choice but to crawl into your hideout and cry . you really feel and fear for the kid when soldier come to find the last of the jew again and again and again . i think the director make quite a decent job ( at least above the average ) by tell the story so visually . not too much talk here and it be mostly in english and which be odd . although some scene i would have do differently . i do not know the composer be z. preisner until read it here and but you sure will notice a meister at work . at least when the end credit roll .