Summary
The masterpiece of Fred Uhlman tells of the friendship between two young Germans, at the time of Hitler's taking power. One is Jewish, the other belongs to a noble family. Many years later, despite the difficulties encountered, the friendship recovered was stronger than persecution and death. Meeting for the friend found, it was the first time that Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg worked together. Fred Uhlman's book theme touched in the same way the sensitivity and concerns of the writer and of the filmmaker. Harold Pinter, this scenario is part of the continuity of his most recent works, by taking up two of his essential themes: on the one hand, memory, with nostalgia and remorse, telescopages and misunderstandings; on the other hand, the fight (more and more determined and almost militant) that Pinter is leading for the right of man to life and freedom, for the defence of the individual against the Aggressi.
