German soldier Walter Proska meets a young Polish woman on a train to the Eastern front.
Proska encounters Wanda again in the turmoil of war.
A chance encounter with Wolfgang leads to Walter's joining the Russian army.
Walter rethinks his allegiance when he sees the cruelty of the post-war Communist regime.
Jannis Niewöhner
Walter Proska
Rainer Bock
Willi Stehauf
Katharina Schüttler
Maria Rogalski
Ulrich Tukur
Ernst Menzel
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Wolfgang Kürschner