Coming of age in 1930's Germany, Edmund Wolff is brought up to believe in his own greatness and that of his country. As the world edges closer to total war, he finds himself embroiled in the brutal conflict. Devastated by the horror of war and the behavior of his comrades, Edmund questions his deepest convictions. What is truth?
Surrounded by an enemy she despises, Felicity takes on work as a housekeeper for a distant and bitter German officer...