marries a gentile. there was stark contrast to what was happening in the world around them. >> we don't know them in america but there were so famous. the stories, is even more weird because of what happened to them, they just disappeared. all the records were just destroyed. all the movies, 12 movies were burned. they just annihilated them. they are being so tremendously popular around the world. >> reporter: it's a story the writing partners have been working on for more than 20 years. they met 50 years ago and plan to be like rogers and hammerstein. >> we started out wanting to write for the stage. in this part career was an annoying distraction.