This love story provides an engaging, fresh angle on life in Germany during the rise, reign, and fall of the Third Reich. Despite the menacing political and social forces that were looming at the time, a romance blossoms between Helmuth, a German soldier, and Jutta, the magnificently lucid central narrator, who as a teenager is shocked to learn that she is half Jewish. Helmuth, realizing the implications of Hitler’s plans, joins the Valkyrie plot to assassinate the Führer. With the failure of the plot comes a series of harrowing events as the couple and their associates are brutally pursued by the Nazi machine. Narrated in vivid detail and supported by fascinating archival footage that has never been seen before, this documentary grips our attention with its perfect confluence of simple romantic narrative, tense wartime story, and eye-opening links to monumental historical events.  AMK