A patriotic nurse on the Eastern Front whose worldviews crumble as she witnesses the brutal reality of field hospitals.
Two brothers serving in the Wehrmacht. Wilhelm is an idealistic lieutenant who eventually deserts, while Friedhelm—originally a sensitive bookworm—hardens into a cynical killing machine.
A Jewish tailor who must endure the horrors of the Holocaust, eventually escaping a concentration camp and joining Polish partisans. Visual Legacy and Controversy