L'africana

In July 1941 during the retreat of Soviet troops Sgt. Mamin tries to rescue his Soviet heavy tank KV-2, which has fallen into a river. He gathers a motley crew of soldiers and civilians and readies the tank for battle.

The last battles of WWII are taking place in the Carpathians near the borders with Czechoslovakia. On this section of the front, no one is waiting for large military operations. The German group is heading rapidly towards the city of Marice, where Slovak partisans have just entered.

Free and easy Garrett Cope loves Katherine Gresham, but his rival, Henry Miller, who is really Heinrich Mueller, a World War I German spy, gets rid of Garrett by having him arrested for the murder of Pembroke Van Tuyl. While Garrett is in prison, Katherine marries Mueller, but Sidney Dundas, knowing that the German actually committed the crime, finally confesses, and Garrett is freed. Meanwhile, Mueller takes Katherine to a remote island called No Man's Land, which he uses as a base for blowing up Allied ships. Garrett lands on the island, and after overcoming a number of Chinese servants and German agents, he succeeds in summoning an American ship, killing Mueller, and rescuing Katherine, who warmly demonstrates her gratitude.

A French girl is engaged to a German engineer who gets caught during the war. She helps him escape and then he attacks the French unit who caught him, located in the girl's family estate.

Gustav Andersen had helped save over 7,500 Jews from Nazi-occupied Denmark but, over six decades later, an enemy falsely accuses him of war crimes. Gustav's daughter, Anna, is not in good health and her children are reeling from their own personal problems. Elsa, Gustav's granddaughter, is an associate art history professor at Harvard and is in charge of a painting suspected to have been looted by the Nazis during World War II. Erik, Gustav's grandson, is a disillusioned and bitter character with bizarre thoughts and conspiracy theories. While Gustav must face a formal war crimes inquiry in Copenhagen, his daughter and grandchildren join to support him. They all have to work together to help him prove his innocence. During this time, the horrors of what really happened, as well as a present deadly threat, are revealed. But through this, Gustav realizes that although the events were unfortunate and painful, he has nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, he accepts his role in the events as having been at the very least good, if not heroic. From this, Anna, who has also suffered for the past 60 years, finally comes to terms with her loss. Elsa, meanwhile, learns to assert herself against aggressive people who have been causing her hurt. Erik starts to process his pain by helping others. The story is an example of how hope and love can prevail in times of strife and suffering. Though evil may never be totally extinguished, love can at least overpower misery.