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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