Emil Buckner (Skip Homeier), a young German orphan, comes to live in the United States with his American uncle (Frederic March). Although the American family reaches out to the boy, trying to make him part of their lives, he has been heavily indoctrinated in Nazi Party propaganda from his years in the Hitler Youth.<ref name="RT">[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tomorrow_the_world RottenTomatoes.com] Accessed January 16, 2011.</ref>