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It's 1939 Poland. Robert Pulaski (Leo Suter) reconnects with Rachel Rubin (Adelaide Clemens). He is deeply in love with her, but she is engaged to another. He is Catholic and she is Jewish. Their first meeting is eight years earlier. She was the new girl at his music school. He was the best violinist until she showed up. Lena (Connie Nielsen) is the director of the school. Celebrated singer Benno Moser (Stellan Skarsgård) recognizes Robert's singing talent. Everything comes crashing down after the Nazis invade. The Rubins get caught. Robert screams for Rachel, "I'll Find You!"

This is a war romance in a rather standard melodrama. It's nice to see Martha Coolidge going back to directing full length feature. The two leads are great although I may like the kids version even more. It's a WWII romance. It feels a bit old, but that's fine. The production isn't the biggest, but it does have some size to it. This is not going to surprise anyone. It's an old style melodrama.

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.

Great movie, romantic, interesting, and very moving. Great music by the composer Kaczmarek. War shown from a different angle, love and music in the background. Such films should be produced!

Haven't seen such a good movie for a long time. The music is impressing and gives the feeling to the story. Adelaide Clemens acts superb.

This story was very touching and obviously the backdrop is incredibly important and powerful and has been and deserves to be retold over and over and over because of its historical significance and cultural relevance.

My issue here was in the execution - too many things that simply did not make sense or were far too overreaching . I also have a huge pet peeve in movies where people speak English with accents when they should just be 1. Speaking the native language in this case Polish or 2. Just speak English without an accent - what is the point of the accent ??? That's a general criticism of all movies that do that .

Secondly I did not feel particularly connected to any characters and the acting was subpar. Thematically it had some good power and I was entertained - but there are SO many incredible Ww2 movies I would pick something else .

This movie is showing value of love, friendship and passion to the music.

Today the war in Ukraine showing us how this value are important for humanity. The war is only tragedy. Did we learn something I strongly recommended to see this movie with families children and adults.

Nice music.

Interesting premise, but the plot is predictable almost right from the start, especially the ending It could have been much better, with better acting, writing and a more realistic plot. As is, it is nothing more than a romance, with a WWII background.

This film should have been a Polish-language film with subtitles. However, if they were going to do it in English, as they did, then the actors should have used Polish/German accents, rather that English accents. At times, you felt you were watch a movie about British aristocrats in England during WWII, instead of Poles in wartime Poland. This made the movie less believable.

Great Actors and a real interresting story ! Looking forward seeing this movie in german language in Germany.

This is one beautiful film! I first saw the advertisement for this movie back in 2019, but it was shelved for three years because of the pandemic and released in 2022. I was so glad I saw it and owned it now. Shame was not shown in theaters. The acting is superb by the two leaders, the music and singing are beautiful, and the romance. What makes this film special is that the war was in the background, which provides a way to appreciate the music and the romance. I cried several times. I love this movie.

To use such a dark period, the holocaust, the war, as a background to a romantic story worthy of a photo novel for brainless young girls is at best out of touch, at worse a calculated attempt to depict this horrible period and the crimes involving Germans and Poles alike as not so grave. See, they got concerts at Auschwitz, a happy ending, and everything is squeaky clean. I felt uneasy watching it. This kind of exercise rewriting history have been seen a lot lately on behalf of the countries trying to clean up their image. I am not saying they should dwell on it, simply don't use such a background for simplistic romantic stories only to add drama at the expense of real suffering.

I looooved this movie. Everything! The story, the actors, especially the wonderful Leo Suter. He is the best young actor in the world. I love him in Valhalla too. But Stellan Skarsgard and Stephen Dorff are also in this film, and Adelaide Clemens, who is playing her part in a very cool but touching way. The young versions of the main characters are so sweet - the boy - Sebastian Croft - I looked him up on imdb - he is a very fast shooting star now - not a kid anymore. Also - the music is beautiful. And the set design and costumes. I felt I went back in time to the 1930s. I wish I could see it on a big cinema screen, but I saw it only on Amazon Prime...