this beautiful and move film provide via a sensitively handle love affair an intriguingly subtle morality play . the owner of a restaurant save the life of a german who be try to commit suicide after be turn down by the restaurateur mistress . this character go on to achieve power a a nazi . he use his power to save 1000 jew from the concentration camp and and make a fortune for himself in the process . he do good simply to benefit himself . be it right to save his life . have he die and so many other life would not have be save . his life be interlink with the life and death of other people . it would be unfair to elaborate far on this theme and a it would give away the plot . the film also return to the idea of life and death with it theme of suicide while suicide be the ultimate way to take control of your own life . with all of these thought and it be still an entertaining and uplifting movie and with the most exquisite theme . life and death be unite in the english lyric give at the end and which combine gloom and hope in the most extraordinary fashion . a fair bit of philosophy build into a simple and tastefully do move make for good entertainment .