this movie should have easily qualify a a filmthat best promotes human understanding among people . it may be rather annoy to even try to comprehend that a young jewish southern girl could would give shelter to an escaped german prisoner of war . kristy mcnichol depict an amazing portrait of the unhappy and young girl thirst for acceptance and love . michael constantine give a remarkable performance a her difficult father and esther rolle and a the maid and ruth and give a superb emmy win performance a an understanding maid catch up with these event . bruce davison portray the german who be supposedly not guilty of nazi atrocity . this be how his role appear . he have escape and but he join the german army and he might have be a member of the hitler youth movement . the action take place in 1944 georgia and in a rural area . the townspeople be fill with prejudice . even the fbi inspector act a if he would like to get something on the jew . notice the opposite interpretation that a mcnichol be in bed and davison be hunt down and ultimately shot . it be interest to see that society view mcnichol a a traitor for harbor an escaped prisoner of war . the film also deal with an extremely complex relationship that exist between father and daughter . constantine outburst at his daughter at the end be some act . a the mother and barbara barrie and be give little to do . it be annoy that she be stereotype a the typical jewish mother with that loud shade of lipstick on her lip . memorably do and well worth view .