This film is a big disappointment. First of all, the copy I received was defective and I missed about 15 minutes of the film. A poor DVD copy. Secondly, the film itself is not very good. Liv Ullmann, as much as she is in it, is wonderful as usual, but her presence is limited. Michael York was passable, though I didn't really believe his conflict. York just wasn't given enough good material to work with. The story was incredibly choppy and the end was thoroughly dissatisfying, arriving at a conclusion which seemed far too pat and easy, especially considering the fact that nothing is really resolved before the final denoument. The great cinematographer-turned-director Vilmos Zsigmond can't even capture the beauty of Israel in this film. As a director, he seems like a fish out of water. It's too bad. I had high hopes for this one.