living in romania and i be almost stun by the very realistic setting for the scene and the great care pay to local detail by the director . the performance of anthony queen be absolutely great and and the rest of the cast do a great job support him . the movie do take a little knowledge of the east european context in order to be fully enjoy and but it remain otherwise a great performance with some memorable line . the end be maybe a bit too melodramatic and but that actually the way people be in this part of the world i believe the screenplay be great and because it present the horror of the 2nd ww in a most original manner no blood and no battlefield . still and life be shatter and and the smile you get every now and then throughout the movie be quickly kill by the war reality touch the character .