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escape from Poland, Rubin realizes Pulaski
is right and that in fact, she’s in love with
him, not Rosenfeld.
But the Germans aren’t far off, and
Rubin’s family finally comes to a decision to
leave for Zurich, while Pulaski’s family aims
to escape to Paris. The Rubins plan to leave
the following morning, but a German air
raid overnight changes their plans. Jews are
rounded up; and in the midst of the chaos,
the Rubins are led to safety in the secret
music room, where they remain hidden.
However, their whereabouts are tipped
off. Soon after, Nazis raid the hiding space,
loading the Rubin family in trucks and
sending them to Auschwitz. Pulaski, wit-
nessing the roundup from afar but too late
to warn the family, vows to find Rubin, the
love of his life.
Stopping at nothing, Pulaski travels to
Germany with the help of the Polish resis-
tance, posing as an opera singer who will
perform at Auschwitz for Nazi soldiers. As
he sings at Auschwitz, Rubin stands behind
him, recruited by the Nazis to play violin.
To save their lives, neither acknowledges
one another, but Pulaski and his conductor,
Benno Moser (Stellan Skarsgard), hatch a
plan to save Rubin.
Moser, who visits a Nazi official in pri-
vate, claims Rubin is his illegitimate daugh-
ter and, therefore, only half-Jewish. He pays
him off for her safe return, a seemingly
foolproof plan. Yet the Nazi Moser bargains
with is arrested, and both are shot before
Rubin is released from Auschwitz.
Pulaski runs for his life, hiding in a near-
by barn where a family discovers him and
offers him safety. He continues to seek out
Rubin, finally learning that she was trans-
ferred to Bergen Belsen, sent on a death
march and evacuated to New York with a
group of Polish refugees.
Traveling to America after the war,
Pulaski tracks Rubin through the Joint
Distribution Committee. Finally reuniting
once and for all, Pulaski found the love of
his life as promised.
With a touch of historical footage, beau-
tiful cinematography and a moving sto-
ryline, I’ll Find You”is a triumphant tale of
resistance, courage and love in a time where
none seem possible.
I’ll Find You opens Feb. 25 at theaters and On-Demand .
Adelaide Clemens
and Jacob Ifan in I’ll
Find You.
Weronika Rosat and
Stephen Dorff
WITOLD BACZYK
ARTS&LIFE
FILM REVIEW
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