sentences:  In the eastern German province of Silesia, 1944, the war has barely hit the home front.Young Thomas, played by Tom Schilling, is a jovial teenage boy and aspiring painter who spends his days trying to romance Melanie (Bernadette Heerwagen), a warmhearted, beautiful teenage neighbour.The pair are both members of the Hitler Youth and see no wrong in their movement or in the movie theater shown documentary about the "Kraft Durch Freude", aka "Strength Through Joy" organisation or in their nation at large.