1944年，一队德国士兵在俄国前线受尽惊恐与恶劣环境的折磨。大兵厄斯特·盖博经过漫长等待，终于盼到了假期。回到德国，他发现自己的家园被炸毁，他孤独地找寻着自己的双亲，途中邂逅了迷人的伊丽莎白·克鲁斯，一个政治犯的女儿。他们两人在充满仇恨的世俗中求生，努力使灵魂重新归正！ 　　In 1944, a company of German soldiers on the Russian front are numbed by the horrors and hardships of war when Private Ernst Graeber's long awaited furlough comes through. Back home in Germany, he finds his home bombed. While hopelessly searching for his parents, he meets lovely Elizabeth Kruse, daughter of a political prisoner; together they try to wrest sanity and survival from a world full of hatred.