The movie is a combination love story, tragedy of war, and the political steps in which a family tries to survive the war. The movie predicates the strength of a brave German people trying to maintain a way of life, and without facing the facts that they are defeated..... The story also poses an imagine that some of British officials want the destruction of Germany to be curtailed. It seems that some British in bomber command didn't hate the Germans and traces of underlined pity could be seen in this film.... The love story itself proves that different peoples inflicted by war, can truly love one another. This movie displays Dresden's destruction and the senseless horrors of war, with a sense that this could have been a revenge factor,because of early bombings of Coventry, by the LuftWaffe.... I would recommend....