I apologize if it has already been mentioned, but Sam Fuller's *Verboten!* would be, I think, central to such a topic, as it deals almost exclusively with the relationship between a GI who remains in Germany after the war (James Best?) and his "war bride," set against German political turmoil of the time. ___________________________________________________________________________ William Lafferty, PhD Department of Theatre Arts [log in to unmask] Wright State University office: (937) 775-4581 or 3072 Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001 USA facsimile: (937) 775-3787 I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason which he is anxious to conceal. --- Augustus Fagin, Esq., PhD, in Evelyn Waugh's *Decline and Fall* Visit *Lake Michigan Maritime Marginalia* at http://www.wright.edu/~william.lafferty ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite