But, the Peasant Girl Heroine in ITALY is Slovakian????
As they say in my crowd, [;-) "What's up with that??????
You say, well it's based on a true story, and the heroine WAS Slovakian.
And I say, Why not use the "Literary License" that is so often used as an 
excuse to Reflect Poorly AGAINST the Italian Community.

You are in favor of Accuracy? I'll be on the look out for why they identify 
the Heroine as Slovakian, since there was no Slovakia in 1943. 
It was Czechoslovakia. Remember Neville Chamberlain?
The bifurcation did not take place until decades later. 

On the encouraging side, "courageous villagers and farmers must help 
(the hero) evade Germany's 16th Panzer Division, which is on the prowl."

The reviewer opines "This noble and sun-washed tale has the pristine 
production values" and "create(s) a warm, detailed portrait of Italy."
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Tuned In:
"IN LOVE AND WAR," WITHOUT THE PERIL

Los Angeles Times
By Josh Friedman Times Staff Writer
Saturday, November 17, 2001

    World War II Italy between a captured British soldier and a young peasant 
woman who risked her neck to save his.

    This noble and sun-washed tale has the pristine production values viewers 
have come to expect from the Hallmark films, but it also depicts love and war 
with barely a whiff of tension. If you've wondered what "Casablanca" might 
have been like without the Humphrey Bogart character to get in Victor and 
Ilsa's way, here it is ( 9p.m. Sunday, CBS).

     Callum Blue stars as Eric Newby, a member of England's elite Special 
Boat Section who is caught by the enemy and sent to a prison camp outside 
Parma. When Italy quits the war in September 1943, Newby is freed but quickly 
hobbled by a fluke injury, so courageous villagers and farmers must help him 
evade Germany's 16th Panzer Division, which is on the prowl.

     Among the locals is Barbora Bobulova as Wanda Skof, the daughter of a 
Slovenian anti-Fascist, who teaches Newby Italian, smuggles him food and 
lifts his spirits during his cat-and-mouse game with the Nazis. In the 
process he becomes her devoted "Enrico."

     For those seeking a pleasant, if predictable escape, "In Love and War" 
has plenty to offer. Director John Kent Harrison and scriptwriter John 
Mortimer, adapting Newby's autobiography, create a warm, detailed portrait of 
Italy. You can almost taste the tomatoes drying in the sun.

     The problem is a central story with little sense of menace or romantic 
heat. The lovebirds' lives—and their relationship—never seem in peril. 
Strange how a movie called "In Love and War" could be so light on dramatic 
conflict.
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"In Love and War," the 210th presentation of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, 
recounts the true romance that bloomed in "In Love and War," with Barbora 
Bobulova and Callum Blue, Sunday on CBS.
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