Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Based on the novel by Anne Holm.

Special features: Deleted scenes; discovering 'David' featurette; commentary with director.

Director of photography, Roman Osin ; editor, Steven Weisberg ; music, Stewart Copeland ; costume designer, Uliva Pizzetti ; production designer, Giovanni Natalucci.

Ben Tibber, Joan Plowright, Jim Caviezel, Maria Bonnevie, Viola Carinci, Silvia DeSantis, Francesco DeVito, Paco Reconti, Hristo Shopov, Alessandro Sperduti.

David is a 12-year-old boy who escapes from a Communist concentration camp. He has little more with him than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark. David is thrust into a world free of Communism for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. For David, this is a spiritual voyage of discovery, where he slowly loses his instinctual mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimately, love. Ultimately addresses the cruelties, politics, and suffering of warfare while celebrating the resilience of youth and the unbreakable spirit of a child.

MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and violent content.

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Heartland Film Festival, 2003: Crystal Heart Award (Paul Feig).