Romek is a Polish railway worker and Guido is a German soldier. They are both 17, in love with jazz and the same pretty girl. But it's 1943 somewhere in German-occupied Poland, and their lives are bound to change soon.

Poland, 1943. Four young characters are connected through a series of unusual events: Romek, a Polish boy from the village in which the action takes place; Guido, a German soldier serving in the village during the occupation; Franke, the daughter of a well-to-do local farmer; and Bunia, a Jewish girl who escaped from a train on its way to a death camp. Each of them come across something that at the time is simultaneously a danger to and escape from their harsh reality: love. Will they be able to hold on to their dreams while facing the horrors of their day and uncertainty of the future?