Freddy, a Viennese Jew who emigrated to New York after Hitler's invasion, and Adler, a left-wing intellectual originally from Berlin, return to Austria in 1944 as soldiers in the U.S. Army. Freddy falls in love with the daughter of a Nazi, and Adler attempts to go over to the Communist Zone. But with the advent of the Cold War and continuing anti-semitism, the idealism of both characters is shattered as they find themselves surrounded by cynicism, opportunism, and universal self-deception.
immigrant
black market
refugee
socialism
holocaust (shoah)
world war ii
jewish life
us army
based on true story
anti-semitism
vienna, austria
red army
1940s
trafficking
denazification
salzburg