War. Terrible and hateful.
Ernst Greber, an ordinary German soldier, for the first time after two years of war is granted leave for three weeks.
Three priceless weeks—to live!..
He leaves only to find himself back in the war—in a city with endless bombardments… a city where people fear even to breathe, where no one, ever, can be trusted with your thoughts and feelings, or else—execution…
But those three weeks are like an entire life, in which Ernst becomes a completely different person—finding love, happiness, and brief peace… To return to the front and march toward another time— the time to die…