without a doubt and meryl streep deliver the great performance by an actress ever period . the performance be totally naked and where you can almost feel her sorrow come right out of the screen . for all of the heart wrench scene in this movie and you never once feel a though streep be go over the top . that say alot for someone who spend just about half of the time in her scene with a tear in her eye . everything about her performance just seem so effortless and natural . this especially show when she be speaking german flawlessly and or english with a very convincing polish accent . the fact that kevin kline and peter macnicol be not completely lose in this movie say alot for their performance . kline himself deliver a great performance of a man suffer from delusion and bi polar syndrome . it be one of his great performance as well . peter macnicol play the role of a character who pal in comparison to the other character . macnicol have the somewhat undesirable task of have to play the character who carry the least amount of baggage . he therefore might be overlook and when view at the movie a a whole . however and macnicol do a great job with the character and not try to make more out of it than it be suppose to be . his role be very important to this movie . but the real story here be streep . her performance would be a stand out against any other performance in history . i honestly believe that . streep just dig down deep here deliver line that just put a chill down your spine .