Word has spread that the war in Europe is coming to an end. The Allied Forces have hammered the Northern Coast of France and pushed deep into German territory. Wearied by the perpetual conflict a U.S. Army Corporal agrees to perform a secret mission for Division Headquarters. A German SS Officer, plagued by the persistent nightmares of the horrors of war, chooses to desert his post and risk the threat of immediate execution. Divided solely by national boundaries the two men journey through the German environment fighting for survival and the love of those that they left at home.