 "Summer of My German Soldier" was adapted as a television movie starring Kristy McNichol, Bruce Davison, and Esther Rolle and broadcast by the "National Broadcasting Company" (NBC-TV), 1978; The file was also released as a filmstrip by Miller-Brody Productions in 1979.A new musical version of the novel with music and lyrics written in collaboration between Bette Greene, David Brush, and Jim Farley, opened in Ohio in August 2003, staged by Encore Theater Company.Summer of My German Soldier has also been released on audio-cassette.