I'm watching PS & there is a flaw in the disc right at the scene where Stephen is telling Daniel about the boy in Germany. It goes as far the young boy & his sister returning home to see the authorities at his front door...then the disc skips to Daniel's father laying bed dreaming of his father. I would really like to know what happened. Thanks to the person who will fill me in.
shareJust finished watching it for the first time. Amazing story.
Um, to answer your question, the boy sends his little sister away to protect her, but he stays with his parents. She runs down the stairs and never sees her family again (later finding out that they were all killed). Fortunately, she runs into a flat where a woman takes her in and, if I recall correctly, sends her off to a sister (?) who raises her. The little girl then has to learn a new family tree, which is the paper tucked into the book. Later in life and after the war is over, the girl (now an adult) finds the priest selling some of the older books. She finds the book her brother had loved and buys it from him, which is where the book in the hotel room came from.
Hope this helps.
Gosh, thanks that helped a great deal. I went back & forth & was able to get pieces of the story but I missed more than I thought. (Boo to netflix)I enjoyed it a lot. It was an interesting family story. I really appreciate your post.
I am having the same problem with what must be the same Netflix disc!! I ordered a replacement and will be sure to tell them about the problem. Thanks, also, for the update/information about what we missed.....
shareI bought this movie and watched it earlier today and the same thing happened to me. very weird...
shareI just bought a copy of this from Amazon and the same thing happened to me. It sounds like a manufacturing flaw.
shareI just got this from Blockbuster online & mine has the exact same flaw. Too bad the DVD rental companies nor Amazon can tell the DVD distributor to fix their screw up. They really should. I thought it was just a flaw in my rental, but I realize from the previous posts it must be a manufacturing flaw. They have already mailed me a replacement, but if it is truly a flaw in manufacturing, the next one will be the same way anyway, too bad. I will let you guys know after I get the replacement.
I'm watching a replacement disc from Netflix. The whole Germany story is there, but the following scene, of Alice surveying the banquet hall as it's being set up, freezes and cuts to Raymond waking up. Anyone know what happens in the Alice scene?
shareI just rented it from Netflix - and that flaw is not in the DVD. I see the whole thing.
shareI've had the same problem as others, but from earlier in the scene.
Please, could you tell me what happens from the point when the priest and the boy are in the library, the boy is picking up books, and the priest is sitting at a table? From there it skips to the next scene when Daniel's dad is waking up.
From what others have written, I've gathered this is an important bit of information and anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Attn dsklodginski and others:
I must have that same disc, or else an imperfection in the reproduction of discs occurred. What happened is that the disc skipped back to near the beginning. This can be ascertained by checking the DVD player;s timer. Sometimes one must go to "scenes" and skip to the beginning scene after the one that skipped and then backtrack to as close as possible to where the skip occurred.
To summarize the story including small bits missed by the earlier posters:
* boy is taught to hide his Jewish heritage at school and likes to read books about animals
* boy gets the attention of a priest of the school and is hired to help out in the library
* boy feels huge sense of guilt for lying about his heritage and tells the priest
* three days later, as the boy and his sister return home, they see Nazis outside their apartment door. He instructs the sister to run away and goes to home - we are told they are killed. Meanwhile, the sister only makes it to the ground floor before she is taken in by a sympathetic woman who takes the sister to the sympathetic woman's sister across town. She is raised as a niece and learns a new family tree.
* As a an adult, the sister returns to her home town and sees her brother's book and purchases it from the priest.
* The narrator of the story (the archivist) explains that is the story of his mother. He only found out that her story late in life and that is what made him fascinated by family history.
Does anyone know what they are saying in German? I only get German subtitles.
Understanding the German dialogue is not integral to the story. The teacher asks the boy the names of his mother and grandmother and where they are from. When the sister, as an adult, buys the book the priest asks her if she would prefer a different book in better condition and she replies that she wants exactly that book.
shareTry wiping off the disk before playing it
This often cures those little skips.