An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic intellectual, a working-class Parisian, and a German dental assistant, the corporal tries to escape from prison camps, sometimes making it a few yards, sometimes reaching the French border. 　　译文(2): 一名来自巴黎的上层下士在1940年入侵法国时被德国人俘虏。在一个忧郁的奶农、一个侍者、一个目光短浅的知识分子、一个巴黎工人阶级和一个德国洁牙师等形形色色的人物的帮助和陪伴下，这位下士试图逃离集中营，有时逃出几码远，有时逃到法国边境。