Based on the true story of Max Schmeling. A national hero in the 1930's when he became World heavyweight champion. He lost favour with the Nazi regime when he lost to a black man, Joe Louis, and is sent to the front in the hope he will be killed in battle.

Follows the lives of an unemployed drunk and his son as they struggle to adapt to each other.

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.