When a simple farmer’s daughter is forced to choose the love of a German prisoner or her country’s patriotism she confronts her neighbors’ prejudices in an effort to heal a divided American town.

Check out this link: ?the true life love story of a Black Nurse and German POW interned in Arizona.

So it actually happened. ?Cupid is a trickster.

Also, though they were all lumped together as "Nazi's" by their American captors and hosts, not all German soldiers were true believing Nazi's and remained so until the the bitter end. Many were just regular "krauts" who had no choice but to go along with the party line and fight?as military service was compulsory. ? The male character could be in that second group.

Check out this link: ?the true life love story of a Black Nurse and German POW interned in Arizona.

So it actually happened. ?Cupid is a trickster.

Also, though they were all lumped together as "Nazi's" by their American captors and hosts, not all German soldiers were true believing Nazi's and remained so until the the bitter end. Many were just regular "krauts" who had no choice but to go along with the party line and fight?as military service was compulsory. ? The male character could be in that second group.

She could be well-liked in the Black community. ?And be well-known and have a reputation in the White community as a girl who is a "credit to her race". (Translation: ?She knows her place and doesn't create any problems.)

As I suggested earlier, if your overall theme is prejudice, why hold back, why pull punches? ?And it makes for a stronger hook. ?It's not just about An American woman falling in love with a Nazi POW in the deep South but a Black American ?woman.

And that mixed relationship would generate more conflict: the lovers will be universally censured and persecuted by their peers, ?Whereas if she's a White woman, he won't be universally censured and persecuted among his peers. ??But a blonde-haired Aryan, a member of the "master" race, falling in love with a Black woman?

Also consider that Hollyweird is under greater pressure than ever to diversify casting.

She could be well-liked in the Black community. ?And be well-known and have a reputation in the White community as a girl who is a "credit to her race". (Translation: ?She knows her place and doesn't create any problems.)

As I suggested earlier, if your overall theme is prejudice, why hold back, why pull punches? ?And it makes for a stronger hook. ?It's not just about An American woman falling in love with a Nazi POW in the deep South but a Black American ?woman.

And that mixed relationship would generate more conflict: the lovers will be universally censured and persecuted by their peers, ?Whereas if she's a White woman, he won't be universally censured and persecuted among his peers. ??But a blonde-haired Aryan, a member of the "master" race, falling in love with a Black woman?

Also consider that Hollyweird is under greater pressure than ever to diversify casting.

I do not think ?the prejudice needs to be revealed. ?In the deep South in the 1940's, it's there from the FADE IN; it's the warp and woof of the initial situation. ?It's the dramatic obstacle the couple must overcome.

To really stir the pot on the prejudice issue, have you thought about making the farm girl Black? ?Yes, ?that it would ?complicate the story line. ?But I think it would also deepen it, exponentially, imho. ?And It would certainly make the characters and their relationship more interesting.

fwiw

I do not think ?the prejudice needs to be revealed. ?In the deep South in the 1940's, it's there from the FADE IN; it's the warp and woof of the initial situation. ?It's the dramatic obstacle the couple must overcome.

To really stir the pot on the prejudice issue, have you thought about making the farm girl Black? ?Yes, ?that it would ?complicate the story line. ?But I think it would also deepen it, exponentially, imho. ?And It would certainly make the characters and their relationship more interesting.

fwiw

"you could have the German POW kill one of her kin who gets winds of the budding affair"
How did you get a hold of my script???

Haha, yes, there is an element of that but I didn't even connect it with Shakespeare but you are very right!

It's inspired by the real setting, The POW camp in Aliceville, Alabama and some of the events I am using that actually happened but the overall story is fictional. Like the movie Titanic, fictional love story set in a factual event.

How does this work:
When a warmhearted farm girl falls for a Nazi POW in 1940?s Alabama, the town's prejudice is revealed in which she must confront in order to marry the man she loves.

It seems to me this a natural for a dual protagonist story: ?It's in the mode of Romeo & Juliet, star-crossed lovers from feuding families, in this case two nations at war.

And I think it is necessary to establish the time period and place, otherwise readers won't grasp or believe the premise. ?(Is this based on -- 'inspired by' -- real events, an actual WW2 romantic complication?)

One issue that can add depth to the story (not the logline) is that of racial segregation: ?the enemy -- Nazi soldiers-- were able to go into places with impunity (restaurants, bars, theaters) that Blacks didn't dare.

I would drop the "lesson learned", "heal the town" aspect from the logline. ?That's not the hook. ?Nor is it the?objective goal of the lovers. ?That would be a by-product, a bonus. ?They just want to marry and build a life together. ?(Recall from Shakespeare, that healing the breach between the feuding families ?is the friar's objective goal in consenting to marry Romeo and Juliet.)

And?speaking of Shakespeare, you could have the German POW kill one of her kin who gets winds of the budding affair and confronts him, forces a fight. ?(If you're going to steal, steal from the best!)

Or news arrives that her brother serving in France, has been killed.

Whatever, ?I think the concept is a winner, has lots of potential. ?Good luck.

It seems to me this a natural for a dual protagonist story: ?It's in the mode of Romeo & Juliet, star-crossed lovers from feuding families, in this case two nations at war.

And I think it is necessary to establish the time period and place, otherwise readers won't grasp or believe the premise. ?(Is this based on -- 'inspired by' -- real events, an actual WW2 romantic complication?)

One issue that can add depth to the story (not the logline) is that of racial segregation: ?the enemy -- Nazi soldiers-- were able to go into places with impunity (restaurants, bars, theaters) that Blacks didn't dare.

I would drop the "lesson learned", "heal the town" aspect from the logline. ?That's not the hook. ?Nor is it the?objective goal of the lovers. ?That would be a by-product, a bonus. ?They just want to marry and build a life together. ?(Recall from Shakespeare, that healing the breach between the feuding families ?is the friar's objective goal in consenting to marry Romeo and Juliet.)

And?speaking of Shakespeare, you could have the German POW kill one of her kin who gets winds of the budding affair and confronts him, forces a fight. ?(If you're going to steal, steal from the best!)

Or news arrives that her brother serving in France, has been killed.

Whatever, ?I think the concept is a winner, has lots of potential. ?Good luck.