1938年,抗日战争进入了相持阶段。随着战事的深入,俘获的日军俘虏越来越多。一方面,战俘的管理成为重要的课题,另一方面,在各方人士的努力争取下,部分战俘放弃了军国主义思想,接受了思想改造,投入到反战运动中来,成为对敌宣传,瓦解敌军士气的重要力量。
国民**军政部第三厅厅长郭沫若、文工会特支书记冯乃超与日本反战进步作家鹿地亘、池田幸子夫妇精心策划,在桂林成立“在华日本人民反战革命同盟会西南支部”,镇远和平村战俘管理所隶属于该支部。在抗日统一战线的政策指导下,各方对和平村给予很高的期望。
骁勇的国军营长项东被日本人盯上了, 只是打个盹的功夫,竟成了鬼子兵偷袭的俘虏。受尽折磨、目睹战友倍受凌辱的他被友军救出后,想上前线打鬼子, 却并没有事遂人愿:他迫切渴望重回战场、浴血烽烟,却被上峰强令押送自己的仇敌冈村等至后方集中关押日本战俘的集中营。小分队上路了,前方...
The main story is set in a British Military Intelligence Office in Whitehall during 1956, where a small group of foreign affairs analysts find their quiet existence disrupted by the Suez Crisis. Ewan McGregor plays Mick Hopper, who is doing his national service as an interpreter of Russian documents. Bored with his job, Hopper spends his days creating fantasy daydreams that inv...