Heaven's Tears

This film is nicely done. The cinematography is lovely, the locations shot in Czech Republic beautiful. A story of forbidden attraction due to age and race during what was very dangerous times as the Nazi protectorate took over the country, a time few can understand or relate to now. But life then was so different then and often romances escalated with a sense of urgency with no guarantees of tomorrow. A small film but well done.

I watched this movie because I like movies about Germans or other types falling for Jews during this time period. I have never seen any of the actors in anything else before, so I can't judge them on previous roles. I thought it was an all right movie, not great, but not bad either.

I liked the way Beata Pozniak played Ingrid, she was quite nasty and vile, but I loved her. She actually had the best role. I loved her voice, and she was very stunning.

Lisha, who played Celandine, wasn't the best. There was really nothing to Celandine, you didn't really feel any emotions for her. I don't feel that I got to know her.

Peter Steiner, played by Stephen Nichols, gave me that same feeling. Peter was very underdeveloped. You just didn't care about these people.

As for the sex, I didn't see that there was anything porn-like about it.

Stephen just looks too old to play this role, though. I mean, really.

The parts that really made me feel something in this film were Beata's scenes, the shots of the real Nazi Soldiers and Hitler, and the scene between Peter and Celandine in the car.

The real shots of the Nazi soldiers made me shudder. Those were just creepy.

The scene in the car was SO romantic, and actually, it was more erotic in my mind, the way they touched hands.

*Disclaimer: I purchased this movie for the soul purpose of seeing Stephen Nichols naked.

So, I wasn't all that interested in the actual storyline or other characters, beyond Stephen's character and the girl with whom he gets naked. And I was not disappointed in that, at all. His body is fantastic. I got to see his "O" face, which was really sexy. I got to see him naked and, well, thrusting. And it was all really good. The only negative emotion I had watching these scenes was insane jealousy towards the actress who got to be naked underneath him (and on top of him). I'm assuming the sex was simulated, but that's okay. They both sold it, and I'd let Stephen simulate sex with me any day. And if it wasn't simulated, I'm even more jealous.

People seem to be making a big deal out of the fact that the girl looked so young, but I believe that was the point of the movie. Young Jewish girl and older German soldier fall in love. I haven't found much info on the actress, Lisha Snelgrove, but I'm assuming everyone did their homework and she was at least 18. Her speaking parts could have been better acted, but she sold the sex scenes. And who wouldn't with Stephen naked on top of you? I could have done without the whacked out incest-crazed sister character, but at one point I found myself really feeling for her. I'd be going a bit crazy if that man was my brother too. The Nazi father character was a little too much for me. I fast forwarded through the majority of those scenes. If I'm being completely honest, I fast forwarded through the majority of the scenes that Stephen wasn't in. I'm not quite sure I even remember how the movie ended.

But, Stephen's overall acting was fantastic, in my opinion. The dialogue wasn't the greatest, but he delivered with what he had to work with. I was impressed, even when he was fully clothed. His eyes are beautiful. He expresses more with a look than some actors can with words. I highly recommend this movie for anyone who is hot for Stephen Nichols. If you're not hot for him, and you're just looking for a great movie...you may want to skip it.

I chose to watch this film because I am a Stephen Nichols fan. Unfortunately, I am unhappy with Mr. Nichols' choice to do this movie. The film was slow, badly acted, and included some very graphic sex scenes of Mr. Nichols' character with a very young woman. Watch at your own peril!

I watched this movie because it is the first movie I have seen on the "Love" channel rated "Mature". The "very graphic sex scenes" are actually quite mild for a rating of "Mature"; it probably would get a "R" in the movie theaters, at least for the sex scenes.

The verbal violence is about as strong as you will ever see. I saw this movie on the "Love" channel and I saw sex, hatred and jealousy yet I saw no love. I am not complaining about the sex but the hatred and jealousy was strong and I think very well portrayed (as in acting), to the extent that it can make you sick of the world to allow such atrocities to occur. The movie does seem to show how strong some people react with jealousy to sex.

I do agree that the age of the young woman becoming sexually involved is controversial. If I am doing my arithmetic correctly, the actress, Beata Pozniak, was much older than the character she was playing, but she sure looks young. She is sure very pretty too.