


France 1918: Four German soldiers, the Bavarian, the student, Karl, and the lieutenant, are quartered with a French farmer behind the front line during a break. The soldiers court Yvette, the farmer's daughter, but she only gives her heart to one of them, the shy, blond student. Soon, the daily routine of trench warfare, gas, artillery, and tank attacks, returns. In shockingly harsh and realistic images, the cruelty of war is revealed through the devastated fates of the four people.