Greta obtains papers for Viktor's escape by selling herself to an SS colonel. Charlotte's Nazi ideology crumbles when she betrays a Jewish nurse helping the German army. Wilhelm deserts his troops and is court-martialed. Friedhelm turns into a soulless killing machine.
Valor and courage come to the fore, but also betrayal - of values, beliefs, humanity.
While Greta is a talented singer who longs to become another Marlene Dietrich, her Jewish boyfriend Viktor still cannot convince his parents to leave Germany. Deeply in love with Wilhelm is Charlotte, a young nurse who looks forward to serving in the Wehrmacht, also on the eastern front. Level-headed, highly decorated officer Wilhelm is off to the eastern front with his younger brother Friedhelm, a sensitive dreamer more interested in literature than warfare. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe - and that will forever change them as well.