Wrong accent?

Rating: 7/10 (17 July 2009)

I rated this a 7 because I'm a movie snob... very picky about films. The final scene is pretty powerful but everything leading up to it was not. They should have built up the friendship between the two boys more.
Anyway, back to the main topic of this post: Why do all the characters have English accents if this movie is supposed to take place in Germany? This probably shouldn't have bothered me as much as it did, but it took away from the authenticity of the film. I found myself asking this question throughout the movie. Ideally, I feel it should be in German, with English subtitles.
Similar movies that I enjoyed were 'Swing Kids', 'The Counterfeiters', and of course 'Schindler's List'.