An engaging and intriguing film about a well known genre, yet one that takes a unique spin. We know of the persecution of the Jews, but little about the details of their plight, and even less so about those in Scandinavia. A young woman who loses her parents has to fend for herself in the bitter winter of Norway. She decides to take cover, cuts her hair and poses as a boy. She befriends a boy and is allowed to stay on boys father's farm. Then story collapses when the boy's father commits suicide because the German's have commandeered his farm, his wife has cuckolded him, and he finds out that his son's friend is not only a girl but a Jew. The story shows the precariousness of life for anyone under Nazi regime, a life in which the subjugated are always in danger of losing it all at any moment, Jew or non Jew. Well acted, paced, and presented. Thoroughly enjoyed it
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