This is a fairly well-known urban legend based on a short story from the 40s. I've even heard a variant "in the field" so to speak. Details at http://www.snopes.com/glurge/rose.htm LT >On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Scott Hutchins wrote: > > > I saw a short film on a DVD at a screening that had to do with a guy > > in World War II who carries on a corespondence with a woman who > > previously owned his copy of _Anna Karenina_, which he bought from an > > Afrian-American rare book dealer. It ended with him being told that > > they would meet in a train station and she would hold a rose so he > > would know who she was (she refused to send him a photo). When he > > gets there, he finds a stout elderly lady holding a rose. After > > hesitation, he finally decides to introduce himself. She tells him > > she has no idea who he is, but that a young woman in a restaurant > > across the street told him that if he spoke to her, to tell him where > > she was. Can anyone give me the title of this film? > > > > Scott > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu