Martha Coolidge directs this romantic drama set during World War II in which two young lovers, Robert (Leo Suter) and Rache (Adelaida Clemens), are separated by the German invasion of Poland in 1939. They have known each other since they were children and dream of acting together at Carnegie Hall, the most important concert hall in New York. He is a talented Catholic opera singer and she is a talented Jewish violinist. The two have been attracted to each other since they were children, but their families will never allow them to be together. However, the German invasion of Poland in 1939 would cause the couple to separate. As the Nazis took Raquel and her family, so Robert was willing to do anything to be together again, when she was captured by the Nazis. The German invasion of Poland tears them apart, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what. And when the girl is transported in a truck to the Auschwitz concentration camp, she runs after her shouting: I will find you! His quest to find her again will take Robert on a dangerous journey through the heart of Nazi Germany, through the terrible concentration camps, until he reaches a moment of reckoning and considers that he may lose Rachel forever. Music, war and, above all, Love!
Inspired by true stories of Polish musicians from the 1930s and 1940s, the film is an unusual love story; romantic, but with the love for music that unites the characters. The story features rising young talents in its cast: Adelaida Clemens (Silent Hill: Revelation), Leo Suter (Vikings: Valhallastephen), Sebastian Croft (Heartstopper), among others, adding other prestigious veterans with long careers, such as: Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Dorff and Connie Nielsen. It is inspired by numerous Polish love stories interrupted by World War II and collected by film producer Zbigniew John Raczynsky. A love story that is mixed with real archive images and that highlights all those people who were part of the Resistance, putting their lives at risk to help their loved ones. And describing some historical events such as the invasion of Poland in 1939 by the Germans and the Russians, the work of the Polish resistance, the Lotz Ghetto, the Auschwitz concentration camp, Bergen Belsen, and the evil Nazi commander Josef Kramer appearing , and a plot to kill Hitler, among others.
This displays a colorful and evocative photography by cameraman Alexander Gruszynski, shot in various locations in Lódz, Voivodeship, Poland, Krakow, Little Poland Voivodeship, and New York, United States. And an attractive musical score by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek who previously won the Academy Award for 'Finding Neverland' , best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score. The film was professionally directed by Martha Coolidge, although throughout it some absurd and improbable situations develop without much sense. She was the first woman to chair the US Directors Guild. Martha has directed one Emmy Award-winning performance: Halle Berry in Dorothy Dandridge (1999). She was originally going to direct Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) for writer-producer John Hughes, but left a few weeks before principal photography due to creative differences between her and Hughes, Howard Deutch replaced her. Martha is a prestigious director and producer, especially known for Valley Girl (1983), Dorothy Dandridge (1999) and School of Geniuses (1985). Rating: 6.5/10.
