Plot

Adapted from Yoram Kaniuk's best-selling novel, this heart-rending love story unfolds during the siege of Jerusalem in 1948. A young and beautiful volunteer nurse is drawn to the enigmatic Himmo, a mortally wounded and mutilated soldier who cannot speak or move.—National Center for Jewish Film

Set during Israel's 1948 War for Independence, this is the story of a nurse, Kimche, and Himmo, the wounded soldier she becomes fascinated with. Himmo was once called the "King of Jerusalem" becuase of his easy charm and his way with the women. Now he's a blinded multiple amputee and chances are that he will die. Are Kimche's feelings those of love or is she somehow satisfied by nursing him and playing the saint?—Havan_IronOak@Bigfoot.com