It is the story of Jiri and Jan, two Czech soldiers, battling alongside the allied forces against the Germans, during World War II in Tobruk, Libya. Jiri Pospichal, eighteen years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death.
After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.
Four old friends decide to shake up their unhappy, monotonous lives with a friendly bet and set off a series of unexpected events.
