Maximilian Schell delivers a noteworthy performance as the unpleasant character "Pilgrin," portraying an intellectual who betrays his morals through infidelity. Following Germany’s invasion of Poland, he marries the affluent Jewish woman “Mischa” (Ingrid Thulin). After Mischa's imprisonment and presumed death in a concentration camp, she unexpectedly reunites with her husband post-war, only to find that he has formed…