I’LL FIND YOU

a feature film

director: Martha Coolidge      

screenplay: David S. Ward and Bozenna “Bo” Intrator

producers: Fred Roos, Zbigniew “John” Raczynski, Bozenna “Bo” Intrator

Inspired by true stories of talented musicians of the 1930s and 40s, "I’LL FIND YOU" begins in pre-war Lodz in 1931, then durring the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, it’s occupation, and then shifts to Germany, to end in New York City in November 1945. 

This is above all a love story.  It tells of a heart-wrenching journey through loss, destruction and death, but ends with the lovers reuniting and through the healing power of music discovering renewed hope and a future. 

The young nation of Poland, free again after WW I, is flourishing with a dynamic cultural diversity. In Lodz, art, business and education are thriving. Growth is evident in the busy factories, high end shops, middle class ladies dressed in the latest Parisian fashion, a population of healthy working and middle class people taking tramways to work or strolling down the wide boulevards. While Europe is caught in depression, Poland is on the rise. 

Then the horrible war begins, destroying families, friendships, neighbors, nations and countries. 

Robert’s (LEO SUTER) odyssey through the events of WW II, has given him wisdom, strength, and the patience to find Rachel (ADELAIDE CLEMENS), with the help of famous Austrian opera singer Benno Moser (Stellan Skarsgard). He has will to help her recover from her traumatic ordeal of imprisonment in the concentration camps, but he needs to find her.

Once the war ends in New York City at the Carnegie Hall's - Lyceum Hall, a concert commemorating the victims of WW II is on.  Rachel's traumatic experience dose not allow her to join the childhood quintet and perform on stage. Robert spots Rachel among the audience. At the finale, Rachel leaves the audience and disappears in the streets of New York City. 

In Central Park, by herself Rachel pics up a violin from a member of a street band. Playing music reminding her of their lost childhood and youth. She plays for the first time since being liberated from Bergen-Belsen Concentration camp, where she was forced to be a musician. That is how she survived, while her parents and sister perished.

The lovers reunite, the music brings them back forever.