Walter Gorrish

Two lovers from a working-class Berlin background swear to marry each other, but after the Nazis rise to power, their Communist and resistance activities result in them becoming separated. As the war progresses, the possibility forms that the two may never see each other again...

During the Spanish Civil War in 1936, a group of International Brigadiers are cut off, lacking ammunition and water. Five men, plus a radio operator, are chosen by their commander to remain with him and hold off the enemy, whilst the others retreat. After a brief skirmish, the five men are each given part of a message that will only be decipherable in the event that all five return safely.