In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going
through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local
peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa,
and hides her in his cellar. Leon's a middle-aged Catholic bachelor,
tormented by his sexual drive. He doesn't tell Rosa he's seen signs her
husband is alive, and he begs her to love him. Rosa offers herself to
Leon if he'll help a local Jew in hiding who needs money. Leon pays, and
love between Rosa and him does develop, but then Leon's peasant
subservience and his limited empathy lead to tragedy. At the war's end, a
ray of sunshine comes from an unexpected place.
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