Spring 1941 (also titled Aviv 41)[2] is a 2008 Polish-Israeli[3] war drama film directed by Uri Barbash and starring Joseph Fiennes, Neve McIntosh and Kelly Harrison.
[4] In the 70's, Clara Planck, a well-known Canadian-Jewish cellist, arrives in her home town in Poland with her daughter to perform in a newly remodeled concert hall.
During the German invasion and eventual occupation, her family (Husband Arthur, a young Jewish doctor and two daughters, Lisa (6) and Eva (3).
The Family attempts to escape and hide in the rural farm belonging to a sympathizer, Emilia, who had sold vegetables at local farmers' markets to them over the years.
Arthur doesn't possess the perceived features of a Jew and is able to poses as Emilia’s cousin to help work the farm in exchange during the day.
He is torn, but Emilia essentially admits that she will not harbor the family without Arthur fulfilling her love and providing her with her own child.
Arthur refuses, and Emilia issues an ultimatum that he agrees to a weekly visit to the attic or leave the farm.