The intensity rises too high when her family figures out them, and cruelly forces her to put an end to relationship. They fall more in love through secret trysts and hide their relationship from her family. She tries to fight her feelings, knowing her family would not approve of him because he is a Gentile. David (Hanks) falls hopelessly in love with a Jewish girl, Sara (Marsillach) of Spanish decent. You just get the 'tingles' right along with them. This movie is a fun chick flick where you see the complete vulnerability of people when they fall in love under oppressive circumstances. I love anything with Tom Hanks - he is such a believable actor, even in this early part of his career. Do you like to smile through your tears when you sit down to experience a movie? This movie holds many treasures for you and your partner to discover. The setting is exotic and so is the costuming and Jewish customs and practices of the time. Hanks and his beautiful co-star, Marsilach, bring genuine pathos as well as humor to their roles.

Will Sara defy her family to realize her great love for David? This lovely story tells of a wartime romance made even more tenuous by a difference in faith. Nevertheless, through a series of meetings throughout the city, they grow closer at each tete-a-tete. David and Sara each like what they see in the other but Sara is hesitant to get involved with a gentile and a Yankee at that. The fiancé turns out to be part of Jerusalem's Jewish community and she has brought a lovely friend with her as well, named Sara.

A close British comrade asks him to come and meet his fiancé at a local outdoor dance. He is sent to Palestine and finds a nice apartment with a doting landlady, although his time in the area may be brief. David (Tom Hanks) is an American who joined the British forces during World War II.

The last time we say goodbye characters