Crossings (1986)

Set in 1939 and continuing through the end of WWII. The young wife (Cheryl Ladd) of a French diplomat (Christopher Plummer) finds herself attracted to a steel magnate (Lee Horsley) on a transatlantic voyage from New York to France. Although he's married to an unfaithful wife (Jane Seymour), he attempts to hold his fragile marriage together for the sake of their young son (Carl Steven). Based on the best selling novel by Danielle Steel and directed by Karen Arthur (THE MAFU CAGE). This is the kind of lush pulpy trash that can be fun as long as it doesn't take itself too seriously. Unfortunately, it addresses some serious issues like Jews being sent to concentration camps and the resistance movement fighting Nazis in France which seems out of place with the trashy romantics. The film also has a double standard when it comes to adultery. Ladd's character is a "good" person so she gets a pass when she sleeps with Horsley while her husband is risking his life in Vichy France. Meanwhile, Seymour's wife is "bad" because she's mean to her husband and neglects her child so her adultery is frowned upon. Actually, Jane Seymour gives the best performance in the movie, she's the only character who resembles an actual human being, flaws and all. Ladd, Seymour and Joan Fontaine (wonderful in her one scene as a bitchy Countess) look sensational in their Nolan Miller frocks. Still at 7 1/2 hours, there's a lot of excess fat. With Stewart Granger, Horst Buchholz, Kelsey Grammer, Joanna Pacula, Zach Galligan and Jan Rubes.