This is a beautiful film that deals with a tragic story set during the rise of the Third Reich in Germany. Christien Anhalt (in the role of Hans Strauss) and Samuel West (in the role of Conradin von Lohenburg) are very well cast in the lead roles. Jason Robards (in the role of the adult Hans Strauss) is also very good. The period is also very well created. Hans Strauss is a teenage German Jew who befriends Conradin von Lohenburg at secondary school. The two become very close in spite of the increasing barriers that the rise of nazism and anti-semitism put between their friendship. The parents of Strauss manage to send him to the United States to live with relatives. Tragically though they themselves are unable to leave Germany and commit suicide as their form of escape. Years later the adult Hans Strauss returns to Germany as he has always wondered what happened to his friend Conradin von Lohenburg. Along the way he finds under the surface that anti-semitism still exists. Tragically rather than being reunited with his friend Conradin, he finds that Conradin has been executed due to his involvement in a plot to kill Hitler. I would recommend it to others. It is a wonderful film.