At the end of WWII, Hungarian Jewish prisoners on a forced march to Mauthausen are stranded in an Austrian farming village, where they are hidden in a barn. One of the captives is a Budapest opera singer who rehearses an operetta. The music brings hope to the exhausted prisoners and touches a farmer and his wife, numbed by their soldier son’s death. Director Elisabeth Scharang’s haunting drama is underscored by the exquisitely naturalistic camerawork.
New England Premiere
Variety says: "[This] well-acted pic is modestly scaled but nicely crafted in all departments."
