3/5 same name as a more famous film about Hemingway
  by R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
A British commando unit is captured on an Italian beach and sent
to an orphanage-mansion converted to a prisoner of war camp.
When Italy leaves the war the prison commander sets the English prisoners free.
The young officer Eric Newby has broken his leg telling everyone
the Germans were down the road.
The rest of the prisoners escape north toward Switzerland
leaving him behind ( only to be recaptured by the Germans).
He is taken to a convent hospital
where the doctor's young nurse volunteers to teach him Italian.
They fall in love and the rest of the movie is about him,
ansd it seems like half of Itality is trying to help him
and the other half to turn him in.
It is a nice heart warming love story about a rural community
in Italy during WWII.

5/5 Sweet story
  by Norma J. Mulder
I originally bought this dvd for my daughter's birthday, and we have found it to be one of our favorite movies. It's a really sweet love story - clean, romantic, funny - and based on a true story, which makes it even better. The part when the prisoners of war had to go on a "forced march" through the country-side always brings a giggle! And the end, if predictable, is very satisfying!

5/5 Love and War
  by Sandra L. Oravetz (USA)
Great movie. Good plot; costuming very much in keeping with the era. Takes you back in time. Great for those interested in World war II events.

5/5 Region 1 DVD
  by Roger Benson (West Sussex UK.)
As a region 1 DVD it was unavailable in any UK music store. Amazon supplied within 14 days. Sourced from the USA the delivery charge was only £3.39

5/5 A pleasing WWII love story.
  by L. K Reyes (Warrenton, Virginia)
This is very much a well done Hallmark movie that takes place during one of the World War's. The love story is kept clean and the background is so authentically done that one really feels like it is taking place in Italy. Hallmark knows how to make a pleasant movie that has light action in it. And this is one of their best.