英国航空工程师解决超音速飞行问题的虚构故事。
三位不同的人、三个不同的世界、三场不同的战争，他们都站在现代战争的十字路口，一个不光彩的世界，在那里道德良知荡然无存。
抗日战争时期，鲁南临城、枣庄一带的铁路线上活跃着一支游击队，队员在大队长刘洪（曹会渠）、政委李正（冯奇）的领导组织下，配合主力部队给予了日军沉重的打击，被当地百姓亲切地称为“飞虎队”。 日军想方设法偷袭“飞虎队”，终使刘洪受伤，但刘洪因此得以被寡妇芳林嫂（秦怡）照料，成 就一对爱人。刘洪伤愈后，配合李正指挥作战，大败日军。恼羞成怒的日军欲以肆意杀戮之法激怒刘洪，刘洪中计，准备在微山湖与日军展开正面交锋，幸得李正及时劝阻，“飞虎队”力量才得以保全。修整后的“飞虎队”将沿线日军悉数歼灭，但芳林嫂却在执行侦察任务时被捕。
《拿破仑》(Napoléon，阿贝尔·冈斯，1927年/235分钟/黑白。耗费几十万米胶片和四年时间拍摄，尽管如此，这部影片“只不过是一部未完成的巨大作品的序幕”，某些片断需将三块银幕拼接起来才能放映，常见是1935年的有声版)
May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds. But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them? Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made. The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.
