The Childhood of a Leader

The Childhood of a Leader

Witness the birth of a terrifying ego.

2016116 min6.1 / 10

A dark, intellectually rigorous psychological study of how historical trauma and parental influence can birth fascistic ideology in a child's formative years.

The chilling story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mold his beliefs – and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego.

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